Documentation for Skolt Sami keyboards
Readme
The Readme accompagnying the installer can be read here.
Layouts
Download keyboard installers
Keyboard installers for Windows and macOS are available below, just click the links:
Notes about the layout
Below is a list of added or moved characters - changes made to the keyboard layout compared to the standard extended Finnish keyboard.
Skolt Sámi letters
The following characters are specific to Skolt Sámi, and are entered as described:
- Ǩ
- 3 key on the keyboard (E03)
- Ǥ
- 4 key on the keyboard (E04)
- Ǧ
- 5 key on the keyboard (E05)
- Ŋ
- 6 key on the keyboard (E06)
- Đ
- 7 key on the keyboard (E07)
- Ʒ
- ´ key on the keyboard (E12)
- Â
- Q key on the keyboard (D01)
- Š
- W key on the keyboard (D02)
- Ẹ
- AltGr + E key on the keyboard (D03)
- Õ
- Ö key on the keyboard (D06)
- ʹ (pehmennys, eli MODIFIER LETTER PRIME)
- ' key on the keyboard (C12)
- ʼ (erotus, eli MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE)
- shift + ' key on the keyboard (C12)
- ˈ (MODIFIER LETTER VERTICAL LINE)
- AltGr + ' key on the keyboard (C12)
- Č
- X key on the keyboard (B02)
- Ž
- < key on the keyboard (B00)
Finnish and other standard letters
The following characters on the standard Finnish keyboard have been moved and are now available on these new locations:
- ~
- 1 key on the keyboard (E01)
- @
- 2 key on the keyboard (E02)
- [
- 8 key on the keyboard (E08)
- ]
- 9 key on the keyboard (E09)
- |
- 0 key on the keyboard (E10)
- Q W Ö X < * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
- AltGr + original key
- ¨ (dead-key)
- AltGr + original key
- ´ (dead-key)
- AltGr + original key
- ` (dead-key)
- AltGr + Shift + original key
- ≤
- AltGr + the Z key (B01)
- ≥
- AltGr + Shift + the Z key (B01)
Other information
Some work has been done to get statistics for a good sms keyboard layout: sms-forarbeid.txt (plain text).
Skolt Sami Keyboard by Tim Feist
There exists already a Skolt Sami Keyboard made by Tim Feist, which is in use. Further details and download links can be found on a separate page.