Kikakui · men-Mend

Mende Kikakui Keyboard

Sierra Leone · Liberia · Guinea

Platforms
Desktop
Version
1.3
Released
6 Dec 2023
License
MIT

About this keyboard

The ISO code is men-Mend. The keyboard supports the Mende (Kikakui) language in the Kikakui script for West Africa (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea).

Kikakui script is a non-Unicode encoding. Part of the Kikauki script has been added to Unicode. Because this script has a very large number of characters, input is done by typing one or more Latin characters. The keyboard converts legal sequences into Kikakui characters automatically. The inputs and output Kikakui characters are described in this table.

How to install

  1. Install the free Keyman app for your device.
  2. Download this keyboard and, if it comes as a .zip, extract it.
  3. Open the .kmp file — Keyman shows the keyboard details and an Install button.
Full installation guide →

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