The "Nubian (SIL)" keyboard is designed to work with the Sophia Nubian font. However, you can use this keyboard with any Coptic Unicode font.
This keyboard layout is designed for Old Nubian. It includes an on screen keyboard which can be viewed by clicking on the Keyman icon and selecting the On Screen Keyboard menu item.
In the chart below, type the character in the keystroke column to get the Nubian character. For reference purposes, the Unicode Scalar Value is also listed
Nubian |
Unicode character code |
Keystroke |
Nubian |
Unicode character code |
Keystroke |
ⲁ |
2C81 |
a |
ⲁ̄ |
2C81+0304 |
A or a= |
ⲃ |
2C83 |
b |
ⲃ̄ |
2C83+0304 |
B or b= |
ⲅ |
2C85 |
g |
ⲅ̄ |
2C85+0304 |
G or g= |
ⲇ |
2C87 |
d |
ⲇ̄ |
2C87+0304 |
D or d= |
ⲉ |
2C89 |
e |
ⲉ̄ |
2C89+0304 |
E or e= |
ϭ |
03ED |
c |
ϭ̄ |
03ED+0304 |
c= |
ⲍ |
2C8D |
z |
ⲍ̄ |
2C8D+0304 |
z= |
ⲓ |
2C93 |
i |
ⲓ̄ |
2C93+0304 |
I or i= |
ⲕ |
2C95 |
k |
ⲕ̄ |
2C95+0304 |
K or k= |
ⲗ |
2C97 |
l |
ⲗ̄ |
2C97+0304 |
L or l= |
ⲙ |
2C99 |
m |
ⲙ̄ |
2C99+0304 |
m= |
ⲛ |
2C9B |
n |
ⲛ̄ |
2C9B+0304 |
n= |
ⲟ |
2C9F |
o |
ⲟ̄ |
2C9F+0304 |
O or o= |
ⲡ |
2CA1 |
p |
ⲡ̄ |
2CA1+0304 |
p= |
ⲣ |
2CA3 |
r |
ⲣ̄ |
2CA3+0304 |
r= |
ⲥ |
2CA5 |
s |
ⲥ̄ |
2CA5+0304 |
s= |
ⲧ |
2CA7 |
t |
ⲧ̄ |
2CA7+0304 |
T or t= |
ⲟⲩ |
2C9F+2CA9 |
u |
ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ |
2C9F+0305+2CA9+0305 |
U or u= |
ⲫ |
2CAB |
f |
ⲫ̄ |
2CAB+0304 |
f= |
ⲱ |
2CB1 |
w |
ⲱ̄ |
2CB1+0304 |
W or w= |
ϣ |
03E3 |
S |
ϣ̄ |
03E3+0304 |
S= |
ϩ |
03E9 |
h |
ϩ̄ |
03E9+0304 |
h= |
ⳝ |
2CDD |
j |
ⳝ̄ |
2CDD+0304 |
J or j= |
ⲓ̈ |
2C93+0308 |
y |
|
|
|
ⳟ |
2CDF |
N |
ⳟ̄ |
2CDF+0304 |
N= |
ⳡ |
2CE1 |
v |
ⳡ̄ |
2CE1+0304 |
v= |
ⲋ |
2C8B |
C |
ⲋ̄ |
2C8B+0304 |
C= |
ⲏ |
2C8F |
H |
ⲏ̄ |
2C8F+0304 |
H= |
ⲑ |
2C91 |
V |
ⲑ̄ |
2C91+0304 |
V= |
ⲝ |
2C9D |
x |
ⲝ̄ |
2C9D+0304 |
x= |
ⲩ |
2CA9 |
Y |
ⲩ̄ |
2CA9+0304 |
Y= |
ⲭ |
2CAD |
X |
ⲭ̄ |
2CAD+0304 |
X= |
ⲯ |
2CAF |
P |
ⲯ̄ |
2CAF+0304 |
P= |
ⳣ |
2CE3 |
q |
ⳣ̄ |
2CE3+0304 |
q= |