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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.

Yolŋu character	Keystroke combination	Yolŋu character	Keystroke combination
ä	; then a	Ä	; then A
ḏ	; then d	Ḏ	; then D
ḻ	; then l	Ḻ	; then L
ṉ	; then n	Ṉ	; then N
ŋ	; then j	Ŋ	; then J
ṯ	; then t	Ṯ	; then T

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