Sgaw Karen Keyboard Layout for Unicode 5.1

This keyboard provides a smart keyboard layout for typing Sgaw Karen for use with fonts conforming to the Unicode standard version 5.1.0. For example, you can use the font Padauk.ttf.

This Keyboard requires either Tavultesoft Keyman (Windows), Ekaya (Windows) or SCIM with KMFL support (Linux). You can then click on the keyboard icon on the task bar and select the Sgaw Karen Keyboard . To type again in English, click on the Keyman icon again and select “English” or “No Keyman Keyboard”.

Keyboard Layout

Unshifted

္`

၁1

၂2

၃3

၄4

၅5

၆6

၇7

၈8

၉9

၀0

--

‘=

Bksp

Tab

ဆq

တw

နe

မr

အt

ပy

ကu

ငi

သo

စp

ဟ[

ဧ]

\\

Caps

​ၠa

ျs

ိd

်f

ါg

့h

ြj

ုk

ူl

း;

ဒ'

Enter

Shift

ဖz

ထx

ခc

လv

ဘb

ညn

ာm

,,

..

။/

Shift

Ctrl

Win

Alt

AltGr

Menu

Ctrl

Shifted

~~

ဍ1

ဎ2

ဋ3

ကျပ်4

%5

^6

ရ7

ဂ8

(9

)0

__

’+

Bksp

Tab

ၡQ

ဝW

​ေE

၌R

၍T

၏Y

ၢU

ၢ်I

ၣ်O

ာ်P

{{

}}

||

Caps

​ဗA

ှS

ီD

င်္ F

ွG

ံH

ဲJ

ုK

ူL

ၤ:

ဓ"

Enter

Shift

ဇZ

ဌX

ဃC

ှ့V

ဣB

ဉ N

ဏM

ယ<

>>

၊?

Shift

Ctrl

Win

Alt

AltGr

Menu

Ctrl

Explanation

Old Sgaw Karen fonts used to require several different variations of some characters and other symbols. Most of these are no longer necessary because the font itself chooses the correct shape variant. This means there is no longer any need to use control or alt sequences.

Shapping of ျ ြ ွ ှ ၠ

You always type the same key for each medial, it does not matter whether the consonant is wide or small or what goes above and below. Composite medials are typed as a sequence of the individual medials.

Note: the medial is always typed after the consonant, this is a change from before, when Yayit was typed before the consonant.

Stacked characters ပါဌ်ဆင့်

Stacked characters are typed by typing the normal forms followed by the ` key - which is normally in the top left of your keyboard. eg:

Kinzi ကင်းစီး ( င်္)

Kinzi is just typed in the normal way.

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