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Technical Support
If you have problems using the IPA Unicode 6.2 (ver. 1.4) MSK keyboard, please contact:
User Support
SIL Non-Roman Script Initiative
7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd.
Dallas, TX 75236
USA
E-mail: mailto: nrsi@sil.org
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For Windows XP:
Go to Start / (Setting) / Control Panel / Regional and Language Options / Languages
tab
Click on the Details… button.
Click on Add.
Where it says Input Language, choose Icelandic (or you can choose another language
to associate it with).
Choose IPA Unicode 6.2 (ver. 1.4) MSK for Keyboard Layout/IME.
Click OK.
Click on Language Bar button. Make sure Show the Language bar on the desktop is
selected.
If you wish to assign a "hotkey" in order to switch to this keyboard, you may do so by
clicking on Key Settings…, select Switch to Icelandic… and select Change Key
Sequence…. Select Enable Key Sequence and choose the keystrokes you wish to
assign to this keyboard (for the purposes of these instructions- Left-Alt+Shift+9)
Click on OK, OK and OK.
You may need to reboot before you are able to select the keyboard.
For Windows Vista and Windows 7:
Go to Start / Control Panel / Regional and Language Options / Keyboards and
Languages tab
Click on the Change Keyboards… button.
Click on Add.
Where it says Input Language, choose Icelandic (or you can choose another language
to associate it with).
o Click on the "+" to expand your selection
o Click on Show more… and select IPA Unicode 6.2 (ver. 1.4) MSK
o Click OK.
Click on Language Bar tab. For the Language bar, select either Floating on Desktop or
Docked in the taskbar.
If you wish to assign a "hotkey" in order to switch to this keyboard, you may do so by
clicking on Advanced Key Settings, select your keyboard and select Change Key
Sequence…. Select Enable Key Sequence and choose the keystrokes you wish to
assign to this keyboard (for the purposes of these instructions- Left-Alt+Shift+9)
Click on OK, OK and OK.
You may need to reboot before you are able to select the keyboard.
To turn off the IPA Unicode 6.2 (ver. 1.4) MSK keyboard:
Click the keyboard icon on the system tray and select the language you are switching
to.
Note that if only one keyboard is assigned to a language, the keyboard icon will not appear,
since there is no other keyboard to choose.
1
Unfortunately, Windows does not have an "IPA" language. After installing, if you wish, you can associate it with any other language (see
separate section which discusses how to do that).
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Fonts
The newest versions of Doulos SIL (http://scripts.sil.org/DoulosSIL) and Charis SIL
(http://scripts.sil.org/CharisSIL) contain all of the characters used in this keyboard. Older
versions may not have all of the characters. The pitch contours (found on the number keys
with the = deadkey) are in SIL’s corporate PUA and will not likely be found in any other font
(there are also superscript characters which are in SIL’s corporate PUA and will not likely be
found in any other font). Ligation for the pitch contours will only work in applications which
support Graphite. A description of the pitch contours can be found here:
http://scripts.sil.org/DoulosSIL_download#pitch.
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Consonants
Labio- Post-
Bilabial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal
dental alveolar
Plosive p p t t ʈ <t c c k k q q ʔ =?
b b d d ɖ <d ɟ =j ɡ <g ɢ =G
Nasal mm ɱ >m n n ɳ <n ɲ =n ŋ >n ɴ =N
Trill ʙ =B r r ʀ =R
Tap or Flap ⱱ <v ɾ >r ɽ <r
Fricative ɸ =f f f θ =t s s ʃ =s ʂ <s ç =c x x χ =x ħ >h h h
ɮ >l
Approximant ʋ =v ɹ =r ɻ <R j j ɰ >w
Lateral
Approximant
l l ɭ <l ʎ <L ʟ =L
Where symbols appear in pairs, the bottom one represents a voiced consonant. Shaded areas denote articulations judged impossible.
Vowels Suprasegmentals
Front Central Back ˈ >| Primary stress
ˌ
Unrounded Rounded Unrounded Rounded Unrounded Rounded
i y ɨ ʉ ɯ u
Close
<| Secondary stress
i y =I =U =u u
Near-close ɪ =i ʏ =y ʊ <u eː =: Long
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Other (non-IPA) Vowels
ᴂ >A α |a open central unrounded vowel
Other (non-IPA)
ɩ |i near-close near-front unrounded ᴀ |A open central unrounded Symbols
ᵼ >I ɿ |z unrounded alveolar apical
ƈ >c vl palatal implosive
lower-high central unrounded
ᵻ <I or ʅ |Z unrounded retroflex apical
ȡ |d alveolo-palatal vd plosive
high back unrounded
ᵾ >U high front rounded ʮ |y rounded alveolar apical ђ |h vd pharyngeal nasal
ɷ |u near-close back rounded ʯ |Y rounded retroflex apical
ƙ >k vl velar implosive
ᴇ |E mid front unrounded
ȵ |n front-palatal vd nasal
ꜟ ↘
@! Africanist #{
upstep Global fall
(lowered)
⁻ ^- superscript hyphen
2
Use “&” for Left-stem level tones, e.g. “&0” becomes A712 (꜒).
3
Glides to and from any level (e.g. “#3#2” becomes ˦˧) and any sequence of any two glides
(e.g. “#3#1#4” becomes ˦˨˥).
4
These require the use of Charis SIL (http://scripts.sil.org/CharisSIL) or Doulos SIL
(http://scripts.sil.org/DoulosSIL) version 4.1 or greater. They will turn into contours if used in
Graphite applications.
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Diacritics & Suprasegmentals
kʰ ^h Aspirated
m̐ @:
tʷ ^w Labialised
k͡p
tʲ
&# Double articulation / affricate5
^j Palatalised
t͜s
lˠ
&@ Double articulation / affricate6
#g Velarised
u̟ Advanced
tˤ
&+
#? Pharyngealised
i̠ Retracted
ⁿk
&_
^n Pre/post nasalised
e̝ Raised
tˡ
&6
^l Lateral release
e̞ Lowered
kʽ
&7
=’ Light aspiration
e̘ +ATR
e˞
&8
|[ Rhoticity
e̙ -ATR
tʼ
&9
>’ Ejective
e̹ More rounded
t̚
&)
|] No audible release
e̜ Less rounded
bʻ
&(
<’ Weak aspiration
o̧ open vowel
l̩
&,
&| Syllabic
p͈ &! Fortis
a̯ &* Non-syllabic
p᷂ &$ Lenis
a̰ &~ Creaky voiced
→ => Becomes, is realized as
n̥ &% Voiceless
σ >s Syllable
s̬ &5 Voiced
͏ =< Combining Grapheme Joiner
s̤ &” Breathy voiced
ŋ̊
Voiceless (diacritics are
@% sometimes placed above a symbol
with a descender)
ŋ̍
Syllabic (diacritics are sometimes
@| placed above a symbol with a
descender)
t̪ &[ Dental
t̺ &] Apical
t̻ &{ Laminal
t̼ &} Linguolabial
ẽ @~ Nasalised
ë @” Centralised
e̽ @+ Mid centralised
ĕ @* Extra short
ė @. Palatalization/Centralization
5
Typed between the characters. Thus k&#p.
6
Typed between the characters. Thus t&@s.
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Superscripts
³ ^3 (0-9) ᶦ ^I ᶿ #t Palatal
⁽ ^( ᶤ #i ᵘ ^u ᶀ @b
⁾ ^) ʲ ^j ᶷ ^U ᶁ @d
⁻ ^- ᶨ ^J ᶶ #u ᶂ @f
⁺ ^+ ᶡ #j ᵛ ^v ᶃ @g
⁼ ^= ᵏ ^k ᶺ ^V ᶄ @k
ᵃ ^a ˡ ^l ᶹ #v ᶅ @l
ᵄ ^A ᶫ ^L ʷ ^w ᶆ @m
ᵅ #a ᶩ #l ᵚ ^W ᶇ @n
ᶛ #A #y ᶭ #m ᶈ @p
ᵆ #b ᵐ ^m ˣ ^x ᶉ @r
#B ᶬ ^M ^X ᶊ @s
ᵇ ^b ⁿ ^n ʸ ^y ᶋ @S
ᵝ ^B ᶰ ^N ^Y ᶌ @v
ᶜ ^c ᶮ #J ᶻ ^z ᶍ @x
ᶝ ^C ᵑ #n ᶽ ^Z ᶎ @z
ᵈ ^d ᶯ #N ᶼ #z
Velarized (or
ᶞ ^D ᵒ ^o ᶾ #Z
pharyngealized)
ᵉ ᵓ ˀ ᵬ
^e ^O ^?
~b
ᵊ ᶱ ˤ ᵭ
^E #o #?
~d
ᶟ ᵮ
#e #O
~f
ᵋ Retroflex
ɫ
#E #d
~l
ᶏ &a
ᵯ
#c #D
~m
ᶠ ᶐ &A
ᵰ
^f #C
~n
ᶲ ᵖ ᶑ &d
ᵱ
^F ^p
~p
ᵍ ʳ ᶒ &e
ᵲ
^g ^r
~r
ᶢ ʶ ᶓ &E
ᵳ
^G ^R
~R
ˠ ʴ ᶔ &b
ᵴ
#g #r
~s
ʰ ʵ ᶕ &B
ᵵ
^h #R
~t
ʱ ˢ ᶖ &i
ᵶ
^H ^s
~z
ᶣ #Y ᶳ ^S ᶗ &o
#h ᶴ #s ᶘ &s
ⁱ ^i ᵗ ^t ᶙ &u
ᶚ &z
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Appendix: IPA number chart
Green denotes IPA characters unsupported by this keyboard.
Alph Key-
sorting Glyph strokes IPA No. USV Symbol Name
key
1. a a 304 0061 Lowercase A
18. C C 624
(=703)
0043 Upper-case C
19. C 703
C (use 0043 Upper-case C
624)
20. d d 104 0064 Lowercase D
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Alph Key-
sorting Glyph strokes IPA No. USV Symbol Name
key
30. ᵊ ^E 218 1D4A Superscript schwa
41. F F 622
(=706)
0046 Upper-case F
42. F 706
F (use 0046 Upper-case F
622)
43. ɡ <g 110 0261 Opentail G
53. ʰ ^h 404
(=671)
02B0 Superscript H
54. ^h 671
ʰ (use 02B0 Left-sited superscript H
404)
55. ħ >h 144 0127 Crossed H
58. ɥ
<y or
171 0265 Turned H
=h
59. ʜ =H 173 029C Small Capital H
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Alph Key-
sorting Glyph strokes IPA No. USV Symbol Name
key
61. i i 301 0069 Lowercase I
73. J J 626
(=710)
004A Upper-case J
74. J 710
J (use 004A Upper-case J
626)
75. k k 109 006B Lowercase K
90. L L 625
(=712)
004C Upper-case L
91. L 712
L (use 004C Upper-case L
625)
92. m m 114 006D Lowercase M
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Alph Key-
sorting Glyph strokes IPA No. USV Symbol Name
key
93. ɱ >m 115 0271 Left-tail M (at right)
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Alph Key-
sorting Glyph strokes IPA No. USV Symbol Name
key
126. ɽ <r 125 027D Right-tail R
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Alph Key-
sorting Glyph strokes IPA No. USV Symbol Name
key
159. ᶹ #v 673 1DB9 Superscript cursive V
161. V V 621
(=722)
0056 Upper-case V
162. V 722
V (use 0056 Upper-case V
621)
163. w w 170 0077 Lowercase W
166. W W 623
(=723)
0057 Upper-case W
167. W 723
W (use 0057 Upper-case W
623)
168. x x 140 0078 Lowercase X
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Alph Key-
sorting Glyph strokes IPA No. USV Symbol Name
key
191. ‖ =! 180 01C1 Double Vertical Line
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Alph Key-
sorting Glyph strokes IPA No. USV Symbol Name
key
223. ◌̢ 489 0322 Subscript right hook
238. 506
. (631,
632,
002E Period
633)
239. | <. 507 007C Vertical Line
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Alph Key-
sorting Glyph strokes IPA No. USV Symbol Name
key
255. ˩ #0 523 02E9 Extra-low Tone Bar
265. ˨˥˨ #1#4#1 533 02E8 02E5 02E8 Rising-falling tone letter
274. 631
(.) (use 002E Bracketed single period
506)
275. 632
(..) (use 002E 002E Bracketed double period
506)
276. 633
(...) (use 002E 002E 002E Bracketed triple period
506)
277. 634 1D191 Forte
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Alph Key-
sorting Glyph strokes IPA No. USV Symbol Name
key
287. ◌͍ 652 034D Subscript double arrow
298. 663
ˬ (use 02EC Left-sited subscript wedge
403)
299. ˬ 664
(=403)
02EC Right-sited subscript wedge
315. ◌̰ 683
(=406)
0330 Right-sited subscript tilde
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Alph Key-
sorting Glyph strokes IPA No. USV Symbol Name
key
319. ( ( 906 0028 Left parenthesis
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