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ABD YORUBA KEYBOARD  - Summary

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Yoruba Alphabet:    a  b  d  e  ẹ  f  g  gb  h  i  j  k  l  m  n  o  ọ  p  r  s  ṣ  t  u  w  y

Yoruba Vowels:           a e ẹ i o ọ u

Notes

Right Alt Key = The second "Alt" key on your keyboard, to your right

Tilde Key = Key with ˜  and `  ; usually to the left of 1

Use ABD Yoruba with Unicode Compatible Fonts. Arial Unicode MS is (currently) the most complete Unicode Font.

TONAL SIGNS ONLY

Tilde key = grave = do = `

Shift + Tilde key = acute = mi = ´

Right Alt + Tilde Key = tilde = ~ 

Thus:

To mark any vowel with a “do” signal, press the Tilde Key, release, and then press the vowel you wish to mark.

To mark any vowel with a “mi” signal, press Tilde Key + Shift, release, and then press the vowel you wish to mark.

To mark any vowel with an "àmìn fàágùn", press Tilde Key + Right Alt, release, and then press the vowel you wish to mark.

 e.g. à, è, Ò  ; Ú, ó, í, ń, Ń; ãyán, fãgùn

 Notes

 - The "àmìn fàágùn" accent is no longer commonly used

 - Pressing the Tilde key, Tilde + Shift, or Tilde + Right Alt followed by the space bar will give the actual tonal sign:

 - eg pressing Tilde Key followed by space bar will give: "`"; pressing Tilde key twice will give: "``"

UNDERDOTS  ONLY

Generally, pressing the Right Alt Key + a character will dot the character. Thus:

Right Alt + e = Dotted e = ẹ, Right Alt + E = Dotted E (use shift or just turn caps on) = Ẹ

Right Alt + o = Dotted o = ọ, Right Alt + O = Dotted O (use shift or just turn caps on) = Ọ

Right Alt + s = Dotted s = ṣ, Right Alt + S = Dotted S (use shift or just turn caps on) = Ṣ

COMBINED UNDERDOTS AND  TONAL SIGNS

Right Alt + q = dotted e with a grave = do signal = ẹ̀, Ẹ̀

Right Alt + w = dotted e with an acute =  mi signal = ẹ́, Ẹ́

Right Alt + p = dotted o with a grave = do signal = ọ̀, Ọ̀

Right Alt + [ = dotted o with an acute = mi signal = ọ́, Ọ́

CURRENCIES

US DOLLAR: As before, i.e. Shift + Key 4 gives  $

NIGERIAN NAIRA:  Right Alt + Key 4 gives ₦ 

BRITISH POUND: Right Alt + Key 5 gives £

EUROPEAN EURO: Right Alt + Key 6 gives €

JAPANESE YEN: Right Alt + Key 7 gives ¥

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