Kazakh Latin Alphabet 2021 support for Linux (xkeyboard-config)

xkb_kaz_latin2021.patch

--- a/symbols/kz	2025-06-08 04:40:22.000000000 +0500
+++ b/symbols/kz	2025-09-23 23:11:38.810405479 +0500
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
    include "level3(ralt_switch)"
 };
 
-// Kazakh Latin (based on Kazakh alphabet version of 2018)
+// Kazakh Latin (based on Kazakh alphabet version of 2021)
 // levels 3 and 4 are non-standard extensions
 partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "latin" {
@@ -256,26 +256,20 @@
 
 key.type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL";
 
-    key <TLDE> { [ parenleft,               parenright ] };
-    key <AE01> { [ quotedbl,                exclam ] };
-    key <AE06> { [ comma,                   semicolon ] };
-    key <AE07> { [ period,                  colon ] };
-    key <BKSL> { [ backslash,               slash ] };
-    key <AB10> { [ numerosign,              question ] };
-    key <LSGT> { [ less,                    greater,                 bar,         brokenbar ] };
+    key <AE01> { [ 1,                       exclam ] };
+    key <AE02> { [ 2,                       at ] };
+    key <AE03> { [ 3,                       numbersign ] };
+    key <AE04> { [ 4,                       dollar ] };
+    key <AE05> { [ 5,                       percent ] };
+    key <AE06> { [ 6,                       asciicircum ] };
+    key <AE07> { [ 7,                       ampersand ] };
+    key <AE08> { [ 8,                       asterisk ] };
+    key <AE09> { [ 9,                       parenleft ] };
+    key <AE10> { [ 0,                       parenright ] };
 
 key.type[group1] = "ALPHABETIC";
 
-    key <AE02> { [ aacute,                  Aacute ] };
-    key <AE03> { [ iacute,                  Iacute ] };
-    key <AE04> { [ nacute,                  Nacute ] };
-    key <AE05> { [ U01F5,                   U01F4 ] }; // gG with acute
-    key <AE08> { [ uacute,                  Uacute ] };
-    key <AE09> { [ yacute,                  Yacute ] };
-    key <AE10> { [ oacute,                  Oacute ] };
-    key <AE11> { [ sacute,                  Sacute ] };
-    key <AE12> { [ cacute,                  Cacute ] };
-
+    // Row 1
     key <AD01> { [ q,                       Q ] };
     key <AD02> { [ w,                       W ] };
     key <AD03> { [ e,                       E ] };
@@ -286,6 +280,10 @@
     key <AD08> { [ i,                       I ] };
     key <AD09> { [ o,                       O ] };
     key <AD10> { [ p,                       P ] };
+    key <AD11> { [ U00F6,                   U00D6 ] }; // ö Ö (Ө)
+    key <AD12> { [ U00F1,                   U00D1 ] }; // ñ Ñ (Ң)
+
+    // Row 2
     key <AC01> { [ a,                       A ] };
     key <AC02> { [ s,                       S ] };
     key <AC03> { [ d,                       D ] };
@@ -295,6 +293,11 @@
     key <AC07> { [ j,                       J ] };
     key <AC08> { [ k,                       K ] };
     key <AC09> { [ l,                       L ] };
+    key <AC10> { [ U015F,                   U015E ] }; // ş Ş (Ш)
+    key <AC11> { [ i,               I ] };               // i (І)
+    key <AC12> { [ U00FC,                   U00DC ] }; // ü Ü (Ү)
+
+    // Row 3
     key <AB01> { [ z,                       Z ] };
     key <AB02> { [ x,                       X ] };
     key <AB03> { [ c,                       C ] };
@@ -302,4 +305,7 @@
     key <AB05> { [ b,                       B ] };
     key <AB06> { [ n,                       N ] };
     key <AB07> { [ m,                       M ] };
+    key <AB08> { [ U011F,                   U011E ] }; // ğ Ğ (Ғ)
+    key <AB09> { [ U016B,                   U016A ] }; // ū Ū (Ұ)
+    key <AB10> { [ U00E4,                   U00C4 ] }; // ä Ä (Ә)
 };

Key layout is made based on:

Keyboard design for the Latin-based Kazakh alphabet. Photo credit: primeminister.kz