It's been a long time since I updated the
Dene Syllabics keyboard layouts. Well, I've gotten around to it today. There are two keyboard layouts up on the page: NWT Dene and Sayisi Dene.
NWT Dene
This follows the old Catholic Syllabics tradition and is notable in that it indicates:
- Nasalization with a raised ˋ
- Aspirated K and the fricative X with a raised ᑦ
- Some ejective consonants with a raised ˈ
Because the above diacritics are written at the top-line, the finals (syllable-final consonant characters) should be written mid-line so as not to cause confusion.
- Nasalization ˋ is distinguished from final K ᐠ
- Aspirated K and X ᑦ is distinguished from final M ᒼ
- Ejective ˈ is distinguished from final B ᑊ
There are no fonts out there that I've seen which can indicate these distinctions - except for the Dene-specific Languagegeek fonts, so if you're writing Dene syllabics, you might want to check out
Sayisi Dene
This follows the old Anglican Syllabics tradition and is notable in that it:
- Differentiates the vowels U and O
- Has unique characters for the TL CH/SH clusters
- Can indicate more voicing distinctions
Traditionally, most finals (syllable-final consonant characters) are written on the base line, and there aren't any fonts that can manage this, except the Languagegeek fonts
Dakelh
Dakelh isn't ready yet, but I look forward to working on it soon.
