For anyone who has ever struggled to type the special characters in hul̓q̓um̓ínum̓ we have good news for you! A virtual keyboard has been developed that changes a couple of the keys on your keyboard to the diacritics (marks above letters) you need.

Need to write something right away?

Use the Copy-Paste Document to copy and paste what you need into your document or check out the online encoder created by Tannis Reis (Calder) for a typing a short word or phrase.

Full Keyboard Installation Instructions

To Install on a phone or tablet (click this link)

To install on a computer:

• Download Page (scroll to the top of the page for installation instructions)
• information about how to use the keyboard

Note, if you use a font that doesn't support all of the diacritics used in the language, they might be offset from the letter or be replaced with a replacement character such as a ? or a box. Try changing the font to one of the recommended fonts if you encounter this issue.

• list of recommended fonts

To install it on an NLPS computer contact IT support.

Use the links above and follow the instructions to install it on a personal computer at home.