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Kazakh Latin Alphabet 2021 support for Linux (xkeyboard-config)
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| --- 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) | |
| }; |
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Key layout is made based on:
Keyboard design for the Latin-based Kazakh alphabet. Photo credit: primeminister.kz