Latest version of keyboard layout for typing IPA, based on the standard UK QWERTY layout.
Our first release is version 14.0.

UK with IPA v14.0 (based on CuBE)

Changelog v14 from v13

Visit the ReadMe in the ukaddi14 subdirectory for details on typing all IPA vowels and diphthongs.

Layout Images

AltGr layer

UK14 0 AltGr

AltGr+Shift layer

UK14 0 ShftAltGr

Symbols

• IPA syllable stress marker [ ˈ ] added to AltGr+2 for keyboards without the VK_OEM_5 key.
  • Sub-stress marker [ ˌ ] still available on AltGr+Shif+2.
• Most deadkeys have been removed, as I never used them for anything.

Vowels

IPA vowels for my own vowel model (based on CuBE) are more intuitive and easier to access than in v13.

AltGr Layer

• ʉ on AltGr+u
• ɪj on AltGr+y

AltGr+Shift layer

• aʉ on AltGr+Shift+W
• ɵʉ on AltGr+Shift+U
• ɜʉ on AltGr+Shift+O
• ɑj on AltGr+Shift+V ( / ʌ + j = ɑj / )

Legacy symbols for old (standard) IPA and other accents

• ʊ on AltGr+Shift+i
• æ on AltGr+Shift+a

Consonants

• added shortcuts to aspirated plosives:
  • ph on AltGr+p
  • th on AltGr+t
  • kh on AltGr+k
• moved θ from y to f, to make way for œ on y, and th on t.
• added implosives ɓ and ɗ because I also type Vietnamese IPA
  • ɓ on AltGr+Shift+b
  • ɗ on AltGr+Shift+d
• moved Latin gamma ɣ to AltGr+g

Visit the ReadMe in the ukaddi14 subdirectory for more details.

Changes in 7.2 from v6.6

v7.2 -- 7th Aug 2025
v6.6 -- 4th Jan 2025

View the NewEng layout repository

Unchanged

Lowercase layer (no modifier keys) & Uppercase layer (Shift)

• All base layer and Shift layer keys are unchanged.
  • (Kay has not been replaced with Kappa.)
    • (Κappa maκes the script looκ much more intriguing (to me!) but using it causes the basic κeyboard layout to be unusable for normal English, and it inteferes with searching and with Find (Ctrl+F). Sadly the use of κappa has to be abandoned.)

Changes

• All caron diacritics for consonants have been replaced with overdot diacritics.
  • This is to reflect the orthographic updates in NewEng.
  • As the caron's effect is widespread throughout English phonology, a smaller and more visually appealing diacritic has been chosen to replace the caron:
    • š → ṡ ž → ż
    • x̌ → ẋ ẍ̌ → ẍ̇
    • ť → ṫ ď → ḋ
    • ç̌ → ç̇ ǧ → ġ
    • ч̌ → ч̇ ʞ̌ → ʞ̇
  • The caron diacritic modifier is still accessible via AltGr+V, as in all previous layout versions. This is because the caron is still used on vowels to indicate that they are unaffected by a proceeding letter R. In effect, the caron protects the vowel sound such that it retains the same sound as its default value.
    • worry → wury → wǒry
    • current → cǔrent
    • borrow → bǒrōw
    • carry → cǎry

Caps Lock

• Numbers of the NumRow are now accessible via AltGr+Caps Lock!
  • This allows for easier input of multiple numbers.
  • You still need to use AltGr at the same time, but this is a necessary sacrifice in order to be able to place the additional NewEng letters on the keyboard as primary citizens.

Feedback

• I am open to feedback about any aspect of this keyboard layout!
• I have tried to place the NewEng letters' keys according to common spelling sequences of English.
• I have set the diacritic keys on , ] and # (US \) for ease of typing, but this needs testing and feedback. Let me know how it goes for you!

MacOS & Linux support

• I do not have these operating systems currently so if you would like a layout for your system, you are welcome to copy this layout for yourself, or you can request for me to make one and I'll look into doing it.

Keyboard layout images

UK-NE7v2
UK-NE7v2Shft
UK-NE7v2AltGr
UK-NE7v2ShftAltGr

Latest version of keyboard layout for typing standard IPA for English.
Our first release is version 1.1.

Information

This keyboard cannot be used to type the regular English/Latin alphabet.

Layout

Phoneme placement is as such:

• Consonants on the left side, vowels on the right (inspired by Korean Hangeul 2-Bulsik layout)
• Unvoiced consonants on base layer
• Voiced consonants on Shift layer
• Monophthong vowels on base layer
• Diphthong (and a few monophthong) vowels on Shift layer
• IPA symbols around the edges, mostly on the right side ( ː ˈ ˌ ̆ ͜ ⟨ ⟩ )

Keyboard layout images

keyboard layout pretty IPA UK topographic - dark bg

Notes

• Primary vowel symbols are from the Standard English IPA system. If you want a version based on CUBE's analysis of modern British English, please wait, or contact me and I'll create it.
• The full English/Latin alphabet is accessible via Alt Gr and Alt Gr + Shift

Latest version of keyboard layout for NewEng (New English) alphabet, based on the standard QWERTY layout.

Changes since v6.4

• All letters with digraphs are output in their decomposed forms, as two glyphs: š is s + ̌ , rather than š.
  • This is because not all marked glyphs are available as unicode glyphs. Typing a precomposed glyph means that deleting it requires one press of Backspace, while deleting a decomposed glyph requires two presses of Backspace. This is inconsistent for the end-user, and breaks the flow of typing unacceptably.

Lowercase layer (no modifier keys) & Uppercase layer ( Shift )

• ȝt is common in spellings, but awkward to type [6 t].
  • 5t is easier to type
  • 6 is awkward for either hand to reach — ʞ is rarely used, so put it here.
  • Swap ʞ and ȝ positions: ȝ is on 5 ; ʞ is on 6 .

Third layer ( AltGr ) & Fourth layer ( AltGr + Shift )

• ė is very common — add to AltGr + e ( and keep it on AltGr + i )
• â is very common — add to AltGr + r
• ŭ is common but keys are far apart [u \] — add it to AltGr + u
• ă is common — add to AltGr + q
• ô is common — add to AltGr + o
• ◌̀ is more common than expected — add to AltGr + p
  • this may change with NewEng orthographic updates.
  • AltGr + / was giving me RSI; added it to AltGr + p (at least for now).
• ◌̈ is more common than expected — add to AltGr + Shift + p
• è is specifically common now, for S/Z/T/D/N word endings: put è on AltGr + e .
• œ moved from e to y (pronunciation matches IPA vowel symbol)

Information

• The new NewEng letters are on the number row.
  • Symbols are accessible on third layer via Alt Gr
  • Numbers on Alt Gr + Shift.
  • (You will find it easier to type numbers on a keyboard with a numpad.)
• Some new letters are in other places.
• The main diacritics are on [ ] # { } ~.

Keyboard layout images

UKNE6v6-Lowercase
UKNE6v6-Shift-Uppercase
UKNE6v6-AltGr
UKNE6v6-AltGr-Shift

You can learn more about using this keyboard layout here, as well as the language project that led to its creation.

To learn how to write in NewEng for English, visit Phlowyd Linguistics / NewEng Alphabet (GitBook).

Latest version of keyboard layout for typing IPA, based on the standard UK QWERTY layout.
Our first release is version 13.

Keyboard layout images

Layer 1 (no modifier keys) and Layer 2 (Shift) are unmodified.

Layer 3 [ Alt Gr ] & Layer 4 [ Alt Gr + Shift ]

Alt Gr keys are in blue, Alt Gr + Shift keys are in green.
Dead keys are circled in red. (Dead keys are so called because they don't output anything when pressed; rather, they modify the output of the next key pressed, based on pre-defined combinations. I haven't included tables of these combinations but I will do in the future.)
keyboard layout pretty deadkeys

Information

• Primary vowel symbols are based on CUBE's analysis of modern British English, instead of the outdated (and even erroneous at its origin) standardised IPA rendition.
• Standard IPA vowel symbols are also available with Alt Gr + Shift.
• Also includes a variety of other useful symbols.

Known bugs

• A few of the diacritic keys don't work. I'm sure these used to work, and I don't know when they stopped working. I'm not currently able to test it properly so maybe they actually do work and I just have a problem on this specific computer.

Latest version of keyboard layout for NewEng (New English) alphabet, based on the standard QWERTY layout.

• The new NewEng letters are on the number row.
  • Symbols are accessible on Alt Gr;
  • Numbers on Alt Gr + Shift.
  • (You will find it easier to type numbers on a keyboard with a numpad.)
• Some new letters are in other places.
• The main diacritics are on [ ] # { } ~.

Check the images inside the .zip folder to see the keyboard layout.

You can learn more about using this keyboard layout here.

To learn how to write in NewEng for English, visit Phlowyd Linguistics / NewEng Alphabet (GitBook).