Salish Keyboard App 1.0
Paid Version
Publisher Description
This App is an extension of the Android softkeyboard, which uses 3 keyboard views. The “QWERTY” keyboard appears as the standard Android keyboard. However, the “SYMBOL” keyboard offers the characters required to type various dialects of Interior Salish, including the vowels (a, e, i, o, u, á, é, í, ó, and ú), the consonants (c, h, k, l, ɫ, λ, m, n, p, q, s, t, w, x, and y), the glottal stops (ʔ, ʕ), the x’ (which adds a glottal marker above any consonant), the ʷ (which adds the raised w after the previous letter), the ˇ (which adds a wedge to the previous character), and the ˳ (which adds the dot below the x). The x’, ʷ, ˇ, and ˳ keys are used to make the Salish characters. The “ SYMBOL+SHIFT” keyboard offers numbers (0-9) and standard punctuation and commonly used symbols (‘, ?, !, etc.).
Even though the spacing doesn't look correct on your Android device, your text messages, status updates, and posts will appear correctly IF you set your text message input setting to "Automatic”. Currently the Andorid platform does not correctly display the Unicode characters for Indigenous languages, however setting the input to “Automatic” sends the correct unicode character to the recipient.
So the Salish characters appear like this on your Android:
ʔ ʕ c cˇ c’ c’ˇ h k’ kʷ k’ʷ l λ' ɫ l' m m' n n' p p' q’ qʷ q’ʷ s sˇ t t' w w' x̣ xˇ x̣ʷ y y’ a e i o u á é í ó ú
They appear like this to the recipient:
ʔ ʕ c č c̓ č̓ h k k̓ kʷ k̓ʷ l ƛ̓ ɫ l̓ m m̓ n n̓ p p̓ q q̓ qʷ q̓ʷ s š t t̓ w w̓ x̣ x̌ x̣ʷ ý a e i u o á é í ó ú
The Ktunaxa Keyboard App is based on the Android soft keyboard API 16. It should run on most Android devices with operating systems between 4.1.2 and 5.0 (including Jelly Bean, KitKat and Lollypop).
Once the App is installed there are several steps you need to take make the App available:
1 - Go to "Settings", select "Language and Input".
2 - Check the box next to "Salish Keyboard App".
3 - At the top of the same page select "Default".
4 - Now select "English (US) Salish Keyboard App".
5 - Now go to "Settings" and select "Messages".
6 - Now select "Text Messages".
7 - Now select "Input Mode".
8 - Now select "Automatic".
We do not keep, share, or sell your data. We do not sell advertising space on out Apps. For more on our privacy policy, as well as installation directions go here: http://www.christopherhorsethief.com/keyboards
About Salish Keyboard App
Salish Keyboard App is a paid app for Android published in the Teaching & Training Tools list of apps, part of Education.
The company that develops Salish Keyboard App is Christopher Horsethief. The latest version released by its developer is 1.0.
To install Salish Keyboard App on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2015-03-08 and was downloaded 37 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Salish Keyboard App as malware as malware if the download link to com.christopherhorsethief.salishkeyboardapp is broken.
How to install Salish Keyboard App on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the Salish Keyboard App is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by Salish Keyboard App will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- Salish Keyboard App will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
