For those with a few more diacritics (e.g. Czech), an option is to add a dead key to help put together more letters than keys.pic.twitter.com/MdgV2y1T42
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For those with a few more diacritics (e.g. Czech), an option is to add a dead key to help put together more letters than keys.pic.twitter.com/MdgV2y1T42
That idea is taken a bit further for scripts that combine letters more extensively, e.g. Bengali (the world’s 5th most used writing system.)pic.twitter.com/voT6wn0Zrx
Bengali is also a good reminder that not all digits look the same (here, 4 looks like Arabic 8, and only 0 might look familiar outside).pic.twitter.com/04hM0oR2px
This is not the mechanical world of typewriters, so Finnish can add one more column, making the keys a bit narrower. Turkish adds two!pic.twitter.com/sNFB8dq7QA
On the other hand, Greek feels pretty sparse, at only 24 letters. It’s the most relaxed keyboard of them all.pic.twitter.com/RC47ZulskZ
Traditional Chinese zhuyin has four rows of keys, not three. And Thai is even more packed.pic.twitter.com/1H70RvizgO
To add, the order of each symbol is read from top left down each (slightly slanted) column. Each column has its own mouth shape so to say.
Kind of like the Japanese alphabet. e.g. the first column involves pursing the lips (b, p, m, f) and end in an 'uh' sound.
Oh and coincidentally or not, the 3rd and 4th tone symbols line up with the numbers 3 and 4, but the 2nd and "5th" tones don't.
Would be interesting if you come across more info about this in your research!
I’m not sure if I get to this, but perhaps @tsmullaney or @craigmod already know this. :·)
Yes. I can recommend some titles. Any more than that Ill need to start charging RA fees!
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