README.md

Kurdish-Kurmanji-Latin-Keyboard-Layout

This repository contains source files of keyboard layouts for typing Kurdish language.

Kurdish(Kurmanji-latin) keyboard layout for Windows OS

Features

• This keyboard layout is used for the Kurmanji and Zaza(Kirmancki) dialect of Kurdish.
• This standard Kurdish alphabet is based on the Kurdish language magazine Hawar, published in 1932.
• The keyboard was created based on the letter codes specified by Unicode.
• The keyboard has 31 letters and 1 diftong(xw).
• The placement of letters in the layout is based on the most used keyboard applications(Gboard, Swiftkey…).
• In addition, dialects of Kurdish that use arami letters can also use this Latin layout.

Characters

• The following data is derived from Unicode.
• Letters:
• a b c ç d e ê f g h i î j k l m n o p q r s ş t u û v w x y z
• A B C Ç D E Ê F G H I Î J K L M N O P Q R S Ş T U Û V W X Y Z
• Diftong: XW
• Others numbers: [- ‑ , . % ‰ + 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]
• Others punctuation: - ‐ ‑ – — , ; : ! ? . … ' ‘ ’ " “ ” ( ) [ ] § @ * / & # † ‡ ′ ″

How to install?

Download unzip, and run setup.exe file. In Windows 8, 10, and 11. Kurdish (Kurmanji-latin) layout will be automatically added to the English language of the system.