Ghanakeyboards Ewe language Keyboard is Missing Some Characters

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Hi,

I am very excited to join the forum. I installed ghanakeyboards, Ewe language version for Mac, PC, iOS and Android, and I can’t seam to work out the keystrokes to generate the characters below; either that or they are missing in all versions. May I please ask for instructions on how to add́́́/generate them myself if they don’t already exist?

ɖ u + 0064

ŋ u + 145B

ɔ u + 254

ɛ u + 025B

ʋ u + 028B

γ u + 0263

Thank you in advance for your help!

Best,
Gil

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Welcome to the community, Gil.

I guess you are using this keyboard: https://keyman.com/keyboards/ghanakeyboards. To type those characters, please follow the following key sequences:

ɖ u + 0064, press Right Alt + d
ŋ u + 145B, press q
ɔ u + 254, press c
ɛ u + 025B, press j
ʋ u + 028B, press Right Alt + v
γ u + 0263, press Right Alt + x

For more details, please refer to the OSK below:

Default:

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Shift:

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Right Alt:

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If you have further question, let me know. This is marked as resolved for now.

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Hi Marak,

Thank you for the prompt response. I shall try the keystrokes you recommended. Any advice on generating those characters on iOS?

Thank you.

Regards,
Gil

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Hi Makara,

Just a quick update: I just checked my iPhone again and I have the Ewe (Latin) Positional (SIL) keyboard installed, but I can’t get get it to generate any of the characters:

ɖ
ŋ
ɔ
ɛ
ʋ
γ

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Gil

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This keyboard was not created for iOS.

You may want to try other Ghana keyboards, such as: https://keyman.com/keyboards/ghana. Here is how to type the special characters: https://help.keyman.com/keyboard/ghana/1.2.1/ghana.

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Hi Gil,
I just updated “Ghana” to support the characters Ewe needs:
https://keyman.com/keyboards/ghana
https://help.keyman.com/keyboard/ghana

The license for ghanakeyboards doesn’t allow us to update those keyboards.

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Hi Lorna,

Thank you for your time and effort in updating the Ghana keyboard! I have downloaded and installed the Ghana.kmp file, by selecting it in keyman on my iphone X, I am able to select Keyman->Ghana keyboard, but I still do not see the Ewe characters when I type them. Other than pressing and holding the Globe icon to launch the keyboard menu on iphone and selecting Keyman->Ghana keyboard, is there something else I need to do?

I noticed that the Cameroon Mina keyboard has many of the characters I seek. Is it possible to duplicate the Cameroon Mina keyboard file and modify it to add the Ewe characters, add the Ghana flag instead, and release it as Ghana Ewe keyboard? Just a thought.

Please let me know what you can do. Thank you for your time and effort.

Best,

Gil

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Can you tell what version of the ghana keyboard you have? It should be 1.2.2.

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Also, are you familiar with the longpress keys? The little keys with dots at the top right corner have the special characters needed. For example hooked d is on the longpress of the d key.

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Hi Lorna,

Yes, I am familiar with the longpress keys. I am longressing to check for the characters.

I downloaded the ghana.kmp file from the url you provided. How does one go about checking the version?

Thanks,

Gil

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How does one go about checking the version?

You can find the keyboard version on the same page as the QR code for sharing the keyboard.
https://help.keyman.com/products/iphone-and-ipad/13.0/sharing-keyboards#toc-sharing-via-qr-code