Akan
Windows
Keyboard prepared with Microsoft's Keyboard Layout Creator (http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx). See attachment for download and installation instructions.
Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu Linux as of version 6.06 (Dapper Drake) comes with the Akan keyboard.
Instructions
- Go to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard
- Choose Layouts
- Press Add... to add the secondary keyboard layout. Select Ghana from the Available layouts. Select Akan.
NB: It is simpler to have two layouts; the maximum is currently four for Xorg.
Bambara Alphabet
| Sort order is left to right, top to bottom | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet | a | A | b | B | c | C | d | D | e | E |
| Unicode Code Point | U+0061 | U+0041 | U+0062 | U+0042 | U+0063 | U+0043 | U+0064 | U+0044 | U+0065 | U+0045 |
| Alphabet | è | È | f | F | g | G | h | H | i | I |
| Unicode Code Point | U+00E8 | U00C8 | U+0066 | U+0046 | U+0067 | U+0047 | U+0068 | U+0048 | U+0069 | U+0049 |
| Alphabet | j | J | k | K | l | L | m | M | n | N |
| Unicode Code Point | U+006A | U+004A | U+006B | U+004B | U+006C | U+004C | U+006D | U+004D | U+006E | U+004E |
| Alphabet | ŋ | Ŋ | o | O | ò | Ò | p | P | r | R |
| Unicode Code Point | U+014B | U+014A | U+006F | U+004F | U+00F2 | U+00D2 | U+0070 | U+0050 | U+0072 | U+0052 |
| Alphabet | s | S | t | T | u | U | w | W | x | X |
| Unicode Code Point | U+0074 | U+0054 | U+0075 | U+0055 | U+0076 | U+0056 | U+0077 | U+0057 | U+0078 | U+0058 |
| Alphabet | y | Y | z | Z | ||||||
| Unicode Code Point | U+0079 | U+0059 | U+007A | U+005A | ||||||
Hausa
Keyboard prepared with Microsoft's Keyboard Layout Creator (http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx).
Akan Alphabet
| Sort order is left to right, top to bottom | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet | a | A | b | B | c | C | d | D | e | E |
| Unicode Code Point | U+0061 | U+0041 | U+0062 | U+0042 | U+0063 | U+0043 | U+0064 | U+0044 | U+0065 | U+0045 |
| Alphabet | ɛ | Ɛ | f | F | g | G | h | H | i | I |
| Unicode Code Point | U+025B | U+0190 | U+0066 | U+0046 | U+0067 | U+0047 | U+0068 | U+0048 | U+0069 | U+0049 |
| Alphabet | j | J | k | K | l | L | m | M | n | N |
| Unicode Code Point | U+006A | U+004A | U+006B | U+004B | U+006C | U+004C | U+006D | U+004D | U+006E | U+004E |
| Alphabet | o | O | ɔ | Ɔ | p | P | r | R | s | S |
| Unicode Code Point | U+006F | U+004F | U+0254 | U+0186 | U+0070 | U+0050 | U+0072 | U+0052 | U+0073 | U+0053 |
| Alphabet | t | T | u | U | v | V | w | W | y | Y |
| Unicode Code Point | U+0074 | U+0054 | U+0075 | U+0055 | U+0076 | U+0056 | U+0077 | U+0057 | U+0079 | U+0059 |
| Alphabet | z | Z | ||||||||
| Unicode Code Point | U+007A | U+005A | ||||||||
Resources
Here you will find technical resources for African languages.
