About the Yolŋu software keyboard
Yolŋu languages are written using special characters Ä ä
Ŋ ŋ Ṉ ṉ Ṯ ṯ Ḏ ḏ Ḻ ḻ. The characters are available through the Unicode
fonts preinstalled on all modern computers. To make these
characters easily accessible for you to type on your computer you need
the Yolŋu software keyboard.
The following combination of keystrokes produces these
characters.
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Yolŋu
character
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Keystroke
combination
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Yolŋu
character
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Keystroke
combination
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ä
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; then a
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Ä
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; then A
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ḏ
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; then d
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Ḏ
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; then D
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ḻ
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; then l
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Ḻ
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; then L
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ṉ
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; then n
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Ṉ
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; then N
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ŋ
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; then j
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Ŋ
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; then J
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ṯ
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; then t
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Ṯ
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; then T
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Downloading and installing
the Yolŋu software keyboard
This special keyboard has been developed for working in
Yolŋu languages. This software keyboard can be downloaded from this
site free of charge (see below). You will need Abobe Reader to read the
instructions, (if you don't alrady have it).
Windows XP
Right click on this link Windows XP full
installation instructions and the Yolngu-J.msi keyboard take note
of the download location on your computer and unzip the file and follow
the instructions to install the keyboard.
Windows
Vista
Right click on this link
Windows Vista full installation instructions and the Yolngu-J.msi
keyboard take note of the download location on your computer and
unzip the file and follow the instructions to install the keyboard.
Macintosh
click here to download the Mac full
installation instruction and the Yolngu-J.keylayout keyboard unzip
the file and follow the instructions to install the keyboard

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