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<?php
$pagename = 'Ibibio Tonal Keyboard Help';
$pagetitle = $pagename;
require_once('header.php');
?>
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<p><b>Usem Ibibio ke ñkpọ utañ ikọ mfo.</b> Ibibio on your phone. This keyboard types every Ibibio letter (<b>ọ ị ʌ ñ</b>) and all five tones.</p>

<h2>1. The keyboard at a glance (phone)</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>ị</b> sits at the end of the top row, <b>ọ ʌ</b> at the end of the middle row, <b>ñ</b> next to m.</li>
<li><b>ˊˋ</b> (next to the space bar) is the <b>tone key</b>.</li>
<li><b>Long-press</b> any vowel (a e i o u ọ ị ʌ) or <b>m n ñ</b> to pick a toned letter in one go.</li>
<li><b>Comma</b> is next to the space bar. <b>Long-press the period</b> for <b>' ? ! -</b></li>
<li>After numbers or symbols, the <b>space bar</b> takes you back to the letters.</li>
</ul>

<h2>2. Golden rule: letter first, then tone</h2>
<p>Type the vowel (or m, n, ñ), <i>then</i> tap <b>ˊˋ</b>. Keep tapping to change the tone:</p>
<table>
<tr><th>Taps on ˊˋ</th><th>Tone</th><th>a becomes</th></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>high</td><td>á</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>low</td><td>à</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>falling</td><td>â</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>rising</td><td>ǎ</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>downstep</td><td>ā</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>no tone</td><td>a</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr><th>To get</th><th>Tap</th><th>Or long-press</th></tr>
<tr><td><b>Àbàsì</b> (God)</td><td>A ˊˋˊˋ b a ˊˋˊˋ s i ˊˋˊˋ</td><td>hold A → À, hold a → à, hold i → ì</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>èkà</b> (mother)</td><td>e ˊˋˊˋ k a ˊˋˊˋ</td><td>hold e → è, hold a → à</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>úfộk</b> (house)</td><td>u ˊˋ f ọ ˊˋˊˋˊˋ k</td><td>hold u → ú, hold ọ → ộ</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>m̀fị́n</b> (today)</td><td>m ˊˋˊˋ f ị ˊˋ n</td><td>hold m → m̀, hold ị → ị́</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>ñ́wọñ</b> (drink)</td><td>ñ ˊˋ w ọ ñ</td><td>hold ñ → ñ́</td></tr>
</table>
<ul>
<li><b>Capitals:</b> tap ⇧, type the capital, then the tone. Example: <b>Ìbìbìò</b> = ⇧ I ˊˋˊˋ b i ˊˋˊˋ b i ˊˋˊˋ o ˊˋˊˋ</li>
<li><b>Fastest way:</b> install the dictionary (section 4). Type plain letters and pick the toned word from the suggestions.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Touch keyboard layout</h2>
<div id='osk-phone' data-states='default shift numeric symbols'>
</div>

<h2>3. The five tones</h2>
<table>
<tr><th>Tone</th><th>Mark</th><th>Example</th></tr>
<tr><td>High</td><td>á</td><td><b>ébót</b> goat</td></tr>
<tr><td>Low</td><td>à</td><td><b>èkà</b> mother</td></tr>
<tr><td>Falling</td><td>â</td><td><b>íkộ</b> word, language</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rising</td><td>ǎ</td><td><b>kǎ</b> go (class notes; the dictionary writes few rising tones)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Downstep</td><td>ā</td><td><b>áfēn</b> other</td></tr>
</table>
<p>Not sure of a tone? Leave it off. Untoned Ibibio is still correct Ibibio; tones make it clearer.</p>

<h2>4. Word suggestions (predictive text)</h2>
<p>Install the <b>Ibibio Tonal dictionary</b> and the keyboard suggests fully tone-marked words while you type plain letters: type <i>abasi</i>, get <b>Àbàsì</b>.</p>
<ul>
<li><b>Android:</b> open the dictionary file (<i>solomonusoro.ibb.ibibio_tonal.model.kmp</i>) and choose <b>Keyman</b>. Then Keyman → Settings → Ibibio → turn on <b>Enable predictions</b>.</li>
<li><b>iPhone:</b> AirDrop or share the same file, open it in Keyman, then turn on predictions the same way.</li>
<li>Install the keyboard <b>before</b> the dictionary.</li>
</ul>

<h2>5. Computer keyboard</h2>
<table>
<tr><th>Type</th><th>Gets</th></tr>
<tr><td>o ; &nbsp; i ; &nbsp; v ; &nbsp; n ;</td><td>ọ ị ʌ ñ</td></tr>
<tr><td>vowel then ]</td><td>high (ó)</td></tr>
<tr><td>vowel then [</td><td>low (ò)</td></tr>
<tr><td>vowel then }</td><td>falling (ô)</td></tr>
<tr><td>vowel then {</td><td>rising (ǒ)</td></tr>
<tr><td>vowel then \</td><td>downstep (ō)</td></tr>
</table>
<p>Press the same key twice to type the plain symbol (o ; ; gives o;).</p>

<p><b>Ikûyak usem ǹnyị̀n átàk.</b> Let us not allow our language to perish.</p>
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