Dzongkha keyboard layout
Encyclopedia
The Dzongkha keyboard layout scheme is designed as a simple means for inputting Dzongkha
(རྫོང་ཁ) and classical Tibetan
(ཆོས་སྐད) text on computers. This keyboard layout was standardized by the Dzongkha Development Commission
(DDC) and the Department of Information Technology (DIT) of the Royal Government of Bhutan in 2000. It was updated in 2009 to accommodate additional characters added to the Unicode
& ISO 10646 standards since the initial version.
Since the arrangement of keys essentially follows the usual order of the Dzongkha and Tibetan alphabet, the layout can be quickly learned by anyone familiar with this alphabet. Subjoined (combining) consonants are entered using the Shift key.
The Dzongkha (dz) keyboard layout is included in the XFree86
distribution.
Dzongkha language
Dzongkha , occasionally Ngalopkha, is the national language of Bhutan. The word "dzongkha" means the language spoken in the dzong, – dzong being the fortress-like monasteries established throughout Bhutan by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in the 17th century."Bhutani" is not another name for...
(རྫོང་ཁ) and classical Tibetan
Classical Tibetan
Classical Tibetan refers to the language of any text written in Tibetan after the Old Tibetan period and before the modern period, but in particular refers to the language of early canonical texts translated from other languages, especially Sanskrit...
(ཆོས་སྐད) text on computers. This keyboard layout was standardized by the Dzongkha Development Commission
Dzongkha Development Commission
The Dzongkha Development Commission , also called the DDC, is the pre-eminent body on matters pertaining to the Dzongkha language...
(DDC) and the Department of Information Technology (DIT) of the Royal Government of Bhutan in 2000. It was updated in 2009 to accommodate additional characters added to the Unicode
Unicode
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
& ISO 10646 standards since the initial version.
Since the arrangement of keys essentially follows the usual order of the Dzongkha and Tibetan alphabet, the layout can be quickly learned by anyone familiar with this alphabet. Subjoined (combining) consonants are entered using the Shift key.
The Dzongkha (dz) keyboard layout is included in the XFree86
XFree86
XFree86 is an implementation of the X Window System. It was originally written for Unix-like operating systems on IBM PC compatibles and is now available for many other operating systems and platforms. It is free and open source software under the XFree86 License version 1.1. It is developed by the...
distribution.
Keyboard layout
Dzongkha (Bhutan) - dz_BTExternal links
- Dzongkha Keyboard Layout
- Dzongkha Keyboard & Input Methods - National Library of Bhutan
- Dzongkha Keyboard map -THDL
- Dzongkha Unicode Keyboard for Windows - THDL
- Dzongkha Keyboard for Mac OS X
- Dzongkha Computing Instructions - Dzongkha Development Commission, Bhutan