charlesloder / transliteration-keyboard

A keyboard bundle for Mac built using Ukelele by SIL that has mappings for transliterations common to Semitic studies

Transliteration Keyboard

About

A keyboard bundle for Mac built using Ukelele by SIL that has mappings for transliterations common to Semitic studies

Install

Assuming you've never done this before:

• At the top of the page, click on the green button that says Code and then select Download ZIP.
• In your Downloads folder (or where ever your files are downloded), unzip the file
• From the newly created folder, move Transliteration.bundle to /Library/Keyboard Layouts
  • If you are unsure how to do that, in Finder open a new tab and then go to Go > Go to Folder... and copy and paste /Library/Keyboard Layouts
  • Then just drag and drop the file into that location
• Next, open System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources and click on the + symbol
• Find the keyboard called Transliteration under English keyboards

Mappings

• The parenthesis indicate the combination for a dead key
• ⌥ = alt/option
• These are not all the mappings, but some unique to this board and common to Semitic studies

Command	Output	Name
(⌥ + b) + h	ḫ	Latin Small Letter H with Breve Below
(⌥ + b) + H	Ḫ	Latin Capital Letter H with Breve Below
(⇧ + ⌥ + >) + >	ʾ	RIGHT HALF RING
(⇧ + ⌥ + >) + <	ʿ	LEFT HALF RING
(⇧ + ⌥ + >) + ␣	ʔ	Latin Letter Glottal Stop
(⇧ + ⌥ + >) + a	ʕ	Latin Letter Pharyngeal Voiced Fricative