The Kaḷaṣamondr keyboard is created to type the Kalasha language with Roman (Latin) script. Allowing keyboard users to write in English and Kalasha without switching keyboards.
+ ++ The Kaḷaṣamondr keyboards has a number of rules to differentiate itself from the standard US keyboard. At first glance, the keyboard only has the typical English characters we are accustomed to; however, there is one key that is different, the top left-hand key. This key has two functions: to represent retroflexion and/or nasalisation. +
+ +Retroflexion (both consonants and vowels can be retroflex)
+ +In the Kaḷaṣamondr keyboard, the US keyboard backquote symbol (`) is replaced with now represents retroflexion with a dot-under (combining with the preceding typed character), e.g. ḍ, ṭ, ṣ.
+ +Nasalisation (only vowels can be nasalised)
+ +In the Kaḷaṣamondr keyboard, the US keyboard tilde symbol (SHIFT+~) now represents nasalisation with a tilde over the preceding typed vowel character, e.g. ã, ẽ, ĩ, õ, ũ, ạ̃, ẹ̃, ị̃, ọ̃, ụ̃
+ +Note: the last five examples. They show that vowels can sometimes be both retroflex and nasalised. The dot-under retroflexion symbol should be typed first.
+ +Aspiration
+ ++ If you are familiar with In the language Kaḷaṣamondr keyboard, you'd know that there are characters which created from aspirated consonants are represented with an h that follows the consonant. That is, two characters together (a digraph), (sometimes with a dot) to produce with the second one being h, represent one aspirated phoneme. These characters are: + bh, c̣h, dh, ḍh, gh, jh, kh, lh, ḷh, mh, + ph, rh, th, ṭh, and ẓh. +
++ When one both of these characters are typed, but then need to be deleted, there is a special rule that would make sure that both characters can be backspace-deleted together (behaving like a composed letter character), unless if, however, the next (a third) following letter character is typed, then the special phonemes individual characters return to a decomposed (separate) behaviour state and can be deleted one by one. +
++ Exception: In the fricatives sh, zh, and ch, h does not represent aspiration. These digraphs will continue to represent these fricatives. Alternatively, a future option could be a caron (wedge) inserted above the s, z, or c by the ^ key, or these characters can be selected using long press on a mobile layout. +
+ +The affricates ts and dz are typed using these two separate characters. The aspirated affricate tsh (/t͡sʰ/) is typed using these three separate characters.
+ + (See the key combinations below). +Desktop Keyboard Layout
+ + +Key combinations
+| Name | +Lowercase | +Keystroke | +Uppercase | +Keystroke | +
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BACKTICK or BACKQUOTE | +` | +`` | ++ | + |
| LATIN LETTER S WITH CARON | +sh (š) | +sh^ | +SH (Š) | +SH^ | +
| LATIN LETTER Z WITH CARON | +zh (ž) | +zh^ | +ZH (Ž) | +ZH^ | +
| LATIN LETTER C WITH CARON | +c (č) | +c^ | +C (Č) | +C^ | +
| DOT ( ̣ ) | +||||
| LETTER A WITH DOT BELOW | +ạ | +a` | +Ạ | +A` | +
| LETTER C WITH DOT BELOW | +c̣ | +c` | +C̣ | +C` | +
| LETTER D WITH DOT BELOW | +ḍ | +d` | +Ḍ | +D` | +
| LETTER E WITH DOT BELOW | +ẹ | +e` | +Ẹ | +E` | +
| LETTER I WITH DOT BELOW | +ị | +i` | +Ị | +I` | +
| LETTER L WITH DOT BELOW | +ḷ | +l` | +Ḷ | +L` | +
| LETTER O WITH DOT BELOW | +ọ | +o` | +Ọ | +O` | +
| LETTER R WITH DOT BELOW | +ṛ | +r` | +Ṛ | +R` | +
| LETTER S WITH DOT BELOW | +ṣ | +s` | +Ṣ | +S` | +
| LETTER T WITH DOT BELOW | +ṭ | +t` | +Ṭ | +T` | +
| LETTER U WITH DOT BELOW | +ụ | +u` | +Ụ | +U` | +
| LETTER Z WITH DOT BELOW | +ẓ | +z` | +Ẓ | +Z` | +
| TILDE (~) | +||||
| LETTER A WITH TILDE | +ã | +a~ | +Ã | +A~ | + + +
| LETTER E WITH TILDE | +ẽ | +e~ | +Ẽ | +E~ | +
| LETTER I WITH TILDE | +ĩ | +i~ | +Ĩ | +I~ | +
| LETTER O WITH TILDE | +õ | +o~ | +Õ | +O~ | +
| LETTER U WITH TILDE | +ũ | +u~ | +Ũ | +U~ | +
| DOT BELOW + TILDE ( ̣ ) + (~) | +||||
| LETTER A WITH DOT BELOW AND TILDE | +ạ̃ | +a`~ | +Ạ̃ | +A`~ | +
| LETTER E WITH DOT BELOW AND TILDE | +ẹ̃ | +e`~ | +Ẹ̃ | +E`~ | +
| LETTER I WITH DOT BELOW AND TILDE | +ị̃ | +i`~ | +Ị̃ | +I`~ | +
| LETTER O WITH DOT BELOW AND TILDE | +ọ̃ | +o`~ | +Ọ̃ | +O`~ | +
| LETTER U WITH DOT BELOW AND TILDE | +ụ̃ | +u`~ | +Ụ̃ | +U`~ | +
| Name | +Lowercase | +Keystroke | +Uppercase | +Keystroke | +
Mobile Keyboard Layout
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