Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input methods/mul-cm
You can type in the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages with all the special letters!
To enable it, do the following:
- Click the search box at the top of the page.
- Click the little keyboard icon that appears near the search box.
- If the name of your language appears at the top of the list, select "General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages tilde keyboard".
- If your language doesn't appear at the top of the list, do the following:
- Click "..." at the bottom of the list. A panel will appear.
- Find your language in the panel. Click it. (Supported languages are: Basaa, Bulu, Kenyang, Kom, Medumba, Ngiemboon.)
- Click the little keyboard icon again, and select "General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages tilde keyboard".
To disable this special keyboard and go back to type usually, click the little keyboard icon and then click "Use native keyboard", or press Ctrl-M. To re-enable the keyboard, press Ctrl-M, or repeat the steps above.
To type special letters, type the tilde (~), and after it type the Latin letter that is the most similar to the letter you need. For example, to type ɛ, type ~ and e. Some letters have special combinations. The full list:
| To type this letter... | Type these keyboard keys: |
|---|---|
| Ɑ | ~A |
| ɑ | ~a |
| Æ | AE, Ae |
| æ | ae |
| AE | A~E |
| Ae | A~e |
| ae | a~e |
| Ɓ | ~B |
| ɓ | ~b |
| Ɗ | ~D |
| ɗ | ~d |
| Ə | ~C |
| ə | ~c |
| Ɛ | ~E |
| ɛ | ~e |
| Ɨ | ~I |
| ɨ | ~i |
| Ŋ | ~N |
| ŋ | ~n |
| Π| OE, Oe |
| œ | oe |
| OE | O~E |
| Oe | O~e |
| oe | o~e |
| Ø | ~J |
| ø | ~j |
| Ɔ | ~O |
| ɔ | ~o |
| Ʉ | ~U |
| ʉ | ~u |
| ɤ | ~X, ~x |
| Ẅ | ~W |
| ẅ | ~w |
| Ƴ | ~Y |
| ƴ | ~y |
To type accents above or below the letters, type the letter, and then type tilde (~) followed by \, /, ^, -, v, |, ., or ,.
| To type this letter... | Type these keyboard keys: |
|---|---|
| à | a~\ |
| é | e~/ |
| â | a~^ |
| ā | a~- |
| ǔ | u~v |
| a̍ | a~| |
| ị | i~. |
| a̧ | a~, |