Central Kurdish (Iran)

README.md

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+# Kurdish Keyboard Layouts
+This repository contains source files of keyboard layouts for typing Kurdish language. 
+
+## Central Kurdish (Iran) keyboard layout for Windows
+### Features
+- Shift is not needed for Central Kurdish letters
+- Layout is based on common Persian keyboard layout
+- All characters of Southern and Hewrami Kurdish, Persian, and Arabic languages can be typed without changing the language.
+
+### Characters
+- Standard Central Kurdish alphabet: **ئ ء ا ب پ ت ج چ ح خ د ر ڕ ز ژ س ش ع غ ف ڤ ق ک گ ل ڵ م ن و ۆ ه ە ی ێ**
+  - Note: Although the character "**ھ** `ARABIC LETTER HEH DOACHASHMEE (U+06BE)`" is the correct representation of Kurdish /h/ consonant,
+  we use the "**ه** `ARABIC LETTER HEH (U+0647)`" character as the [KRG Department of Information Technology's Standard](http://unicode.ekrg.org/ku_unicodes.html) shows.
+- Other dialects of Kurdish: 
+  - Southern: **ۊ** [[y](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel)] **ݩ** [[ŋ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal)]
+  - Hewrami: **ڎ ۉ**
+- Punctuation marks: **/ ؟ . ، ؛ : - " « » ( ) [ ] { } < >**
+- Math: Arabic digits (**1234567890**), Arabic-Indic digits (**١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩٠**), and **٫ ٬ % ÷  ×**
+- Persian/Arabic: letters **آ أ إ ث ذ ص ض ط ظ ك ؤ ة ي ى** and diacritics **ــَـِـُـّـْ ـًـٍـٌ**
+
+### How to install?
+[Download](), unzip, and run `setup.exe` file. In Windows 8, 10, and 11, `Central Kurdish (Iran)` layout will be automatically added to the Central Kurdish language of the system. 
+
+### How to edit?
+Download [Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MSKLC) Version 1.4](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=102134) and open the `.klc` file.