Keyboard Layouts : Phags-pa


Phags-pa Keyboard Layout

This is a keyboard layout for Windows 2000 and later that enables the entering of Phags-pa characters. You may download some free OpenType Unicode Phags-pa fonts from my Fonts page.

Please scroll to the bottom of the page for instructions on downloading and installing the Phags-pa Keyboard Layouts.



Keyboard Mapping for Phags-pa Keyboard Layout

Key Code Point Character Character Name
k A840 PHAGS-PA LETTER KA
K A841 PHAGS-PA LETTER KHA
g A842 PHAGS-PA LETTER GA
G A843 PHAGS-PA LETTER NGA
c A844 PHAGS-PA LETTER CA
C A845 PHAGS-PA LETTER CHA
j A846 PHAGS-PA LETTER JA
N A847 PHAGS-PA LETTER NYA
t A848 PHAGS-PA LETTER TA
T A849 PHAGS-PA LETTER THA
d A84A PHAGS-PA LETTER DA
n A84B PHAGS-PA LETTER NA
p A84C PHAGS-PA LETTER PA
P A84D PHAGS-PA LETTER PHA
b A84E PHAGS-PA LETTER BA
m A84F PHAGS-PA LETTER MA
AltGr-c A850 PHAGS-PA LETTER TSA
AltGr-C A851 PHAGS-PA LETTER TSHA
AltGr-j A852 PHAGS-PA LETTER DZA
w A853 PHAGS-PA LETTER WA
Z A854 PHAGS-PA LETTER ZHA
z A855 PHAGS-PA LETTER ZA
. (period) A856 PHAGS-PA LETTER SMALL A
y A857 PHAGS-PA LETTER YA
r A858 PHAGS-PA LETTER RA
l A859 PHAGS-PA LETTER LA
S A85A PHAGS-PA LETTER SHA
s A85B PHAGS-PA LETTER SA
h A85C PHAGS-PA LETTER HA
' (apostrophe) A85D PHAGS-PA LETTER A
i A85E PHAGS-PA LETTER I
u A85F PHAGS-PA LETTER U
e A860 PHAGS-PA LETTER E
o A861 PHAGS-PA LETTER O
q A862 PHAGS-PA LETTER QA
x A863 PHAGS-PA LETTER XA
f A864 PHAGS-PA LETTER FA
Q A865 PHAGS-PA LETTER GGA
E A866 PHAGS-PA LETTER EE
W A867 PHAGS-PA SUBJOINED LETTER WA
Y A868 PHAGS-PA SUBJOINED LETTER YA
AltGr-t A869 PHAGS-PA LETTER TTA
AltGr-T A86A PHAGS-PA LETTER TTHA
AltGr-d A86B PHAGS-PA LETTER DDA
AltGr-n A86C PHAGS-PA LETTER NNA
AltGr-y A86D PHAGS-PA LETTER ALTERNATE YA
AltGr-S A86E PHAGS-PA LETTER VOICELESS SHA
AltGr-h A86F PHAGS-PA LETTER VOICED HA
AltGr-f A870 PHAGS-PA LETTER ASPIRATED FA
R A871 PHAGS-PA SUBJOINED LETTER RA
AltGr-r A872 PHAGS-PA SUPERFIXED LETTER RA
^ A873 PHAGS-PA LETTER CANDRABINDU
@ A874 PHAGS-PA SINGLE HEAD MARK
$ A875 PHAGS-PA DOUBLE HEAD MARK
! A876 PHAGS-PA MARK SHAD
? A877 PHAGS-PA MARK DOUBLE SHAD
; (semicolon) 1802 MONGOLIAN COMMA
: (colon) 1803 MONGOLIAN FULL STOP
# 1805 MONGOLIAN FOUR DOTS
* 3002 IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP
space 0020   SPACE
Shift-space 00A0   NO-BREAK SPACE
AltGr-space 202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
/ 200C ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER
= 200D ZERO WIDTH JOINER
~ FE00 VARIATION SELECTOR-1

Notes

  1. AltGr is not available on all keyboards, and if not present is equivalent to pressing the Ctrl and Alt keys together (e.g. AltGr-c = Ctrl+Alt-c).
  2. All keystrokes are case sensitive.
  3. Alphabetic keystrokes not listed will be ignored. This means that you can type tan for ꡈꡋ, even though there is no Phags-pa letter for the /a/ vowel.
  4. All other non-alphabetic keystrokes will behave as for the English (UK) keyboard layout.


Download and Installation Instructions


  1. Download Phags-pa.zip.
  2. Unzip Phags-pa.zip to a temporary folder.
  3. Double-click on the file setup.exe in the extracted Phags-pa folder, and follow the instructions.

If you are running Windows Vista or later the keyboard layout will be installed and ready to use under the OL ("Other Languages") icon of the language bar. If you have installed multiple BabelStone keyboard layouts then you will need to select the particular layout to use by clicking the keyboard icon next to OL.

If you are running Windows 2000 or XP you will need to map the keyboard layout to an unused input locale from Control Panel : Regional Option before you can use it.


Please note that this keyboard layout cannot be installed or run under Windows 95, 98 or ME.



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