A phonetic keyboard’s layout is a model layout for a foreign language following the phonetic of another keyboard like English, it means that when you type the English ‘B’, the keyboard will print that sound in the wanted language.
Here are some the phonetic keyboard for Arabic, on Windows/Mac :
- http://arabic.omaralzabir.com/
- etc
And because I’m using Linux, this is a quick layout I have created (xkb configuration clause using the standard hebrew modern layout). I still need to organize the additional signs in a better way :
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "phebrew_AZERTY" {
name[Group1]= "Hebrew (AZERTY phonetic)";
//AZERTY Keyboard :
key <AD01> { [ hebrew_aleph, hebrew_finalpe ] }; // A */ +
key <AD02> { [ hebrew_zain, hebrew_zain ] }; // Z */
key <AD03> { [ hebrew_ayin, hebrew_ayin ] }; // E */
key <AD04> { [ hebrew_resh, hebrew_resh ] }; // R */
key <AD05> { [ hebrew_taw, hebrew_tet ] }; // T */ +
key <AD06> { [ hebrew_yod, hebrew_yod ] }; // Y */
key <AD07> { [ hebrew_waw, hebrew_waw ] }; // u */ - W
//key <AD08> { [ ] }; // I */
key <AD09> { [ hebrew_waw, hebrew_waw ] }; // O */ - U
key <AD10> { [ hebrew_pe, hebrew_finalpe ] }; // P */
key <AC01> { [ hebrew_qoph, hebrew_qoph ] }; // Q */
key <AC02> { [ hebrew_zade, hebrew_finalzade ] }; // S */ +
key <AC03> { [ hebrew_dalet, hebrew_dalet ] }; // D */
//key <AC04> { [ ] }; // F */ - P
key <AC05> { [ hebrew_gimel, hebrew_gimel ] }; // G */
key <AC06> { [ hebrew_he, hebrew_he ] }; // H */
key <AC07> { [ hebrew_chet, hebrew_chet ] }; // J */
key <AC08> { [ hebrew_kaph, hebrew_finalkaph ] }; // K */ +
key <AC09> { [ hebrew_lamed, hebrew_lamed ] }; // L */
key <AC10> { [ hebrew_mem, hebrew_finalmem ] }; // M */
//key <AC11> { [ ] }; // - */ +
key <AB01> { [ hebrew_waw, hebrew_waw ] }; // W */ - U
key <AB02> { [ hebrew_shin, hebrew_shin ] }; // X */
key <AB03> { [ hebrew_samech, hebrew_samech ] }; // C */
//key <AB04> { [ ] }; // V */ - ?
key <AB05> { [ hebrew_bet, hebrew_bet ] }; // B */
key <AB06> { [ hebrew_nun, hebrew_finalnun ] }; // N */ +
//key <AB07> { [ ] }; // - */
key.type[Group1] = "THREE_LEVEL";
key <TLDE> { [ 0x10005b0 ]}; // Sheva
key <AB10> { [ period, question, 0x10005c3 ]}; // Sof Pasuq
// The following may get overriden by the iso9995-3(basic101) symbols.
// therefore they are included here.
// Including them isn't a great idea (for instance: what if group 1 uses
// UK keyboard mapping, and maps shift-3 to sterling? This mapping won't
// preserve that, and I'm not sure that this is a good feature.
key <AE01> { [ 0x10005b1 ]}; // H. Segol
key <AE02> { [ 0x10005b2 ]}; // H. Patah
key <AE03> { [ 0x10005b3 ]}; // H. Qamats
key <AE04> { [ 0x10005b4 ]}; // Hiriq
key <AE05> { [ 0x10005b5 ]}; // Tsere
key <AE06> { [ 0x10005b6 ]}; // Segol
key <AE07> { [ 0x10005b7 ]}; // Patah
key <AE08> { [ 0x10005b8 ]}; // Qamats
// Mirrored:
key <AE09> { [ 0x10005c2 ]}; // Sin dot
key <AE10> { [ 0x10005c1 ]}; // Shin dot
key <AE11> { [ minus, 0x10005b9 ]}; // Holam
key <AE12> { [ equal, 0x10005bc ]}; // Dagesh/Shuruq
// Mirrored:
key <AD11> { [ bracketright, 0x10005bf ]}; // Rafe
key <AD12> { [ bracketleft, 0x10005bd ]}; // Meteg
key <BKSL> { [ 0x10005bb ]}; // Qubuts
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
}; |
Add this layout to the file /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/il or create a new configuration file.
cd /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/
sudo geany il
to update the content and to see the new layout :
sudo rm /var/lib/xkb/*.xkm && sudo dpkg-reconfigure xkb-data && gkbd-keyboard-display -l il
I will insh’Allah create a layout for hebrew from Arabic but also phonetic layouts for Arabic and Hebrew following AZERTY/QWERTY keyboards.

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