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hebrew dvorak phonetic keyboard mapping for ubuntu linux, (/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/il)
// dvorak-phonetic
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "dvorak" {
name[Group1]= "Hebrew (dvorak)";
key <TLDE> { [ grave, asciitilde, dead_grave, dead_tilde ] };
key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam ] };
key <AE02> { [ 2, at ] };
key <AE03> { [ 3, numbersign ] };
key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar , U20AA ] };
key <AE05> { [ 5, percent ] };
key <AE06> { [ 6, asciicircum, dead_circumflex, dead_circumflex ] };
key <AE07> { [ 7, ampersand ] };
key <AE08> { [ 8, asterisk ] };
key <AE09> { [ 9, parenleft, dead_grave] };
key <AE10> { [ 0, parenright ] };
key <AE11> { [ bracketleft, braceleft ] };
key <AE12> { [ bracketright, braceright, dead_tilde] };
key <AD01> { [ apostrophe, quotedbl, dead_acute, dead_diaeresis ] };
key <AD02> { [ comma, less, dead_cedilla, dead_caron ] };
key <AD03> { [ period, greater, dead_abovedot, periodcentered ] };
key <AD04> { [ hebrew_pe, hebrew_finalpe ] };
key <AD05> { [ hebrew_ayin, hebrew_ayin ] };
key <AD06> { [ hebrew_pe, hebrew_finalpe ] };
key <AD07> { [ hebrew_gimel, hebrew_gimel ] };
key <AD08> { [ hebrew_kaph, hebrew_finalkaph ] };
key <AD09> { [ hebrew_resh, hebrew_resh ] };
key <AD10> { [ hebrew_lamed, hebrew_lamed ] };
key <AD11> { [ slash, question ] };
key <AD12> { [ equal, plus ] };
key <AC01> { [ hebrew_aleph, hebrew_aleph ] };
key <AC02> { [ hebrew_waw, hebrew_waw ] };
key <AC03> { [ hebrew_shin, hebrew_shin ] };
key <AC04> { [ hebrew_chet, hebrew_chet ] };
key <AC05> { [ hebrew_yod, hebrew_yod ] };
key <AC06> { [ hebrew_dalet, hebrew_dalet ] };
key <AC07> { [ hebrew_he, hebrew_he ] };
key <AC08> { [ hebrew_tet, hebrew_tet ] };
key <AC09> { [ hebrew_nun, hebrew_finalnun ] };
key <AC10> { [ hebrew_samech, hebrew_samech ] };
key <AC11> { [ minus, underscore ] };
key <AB01> { [ semicolon, colon, dead_ogonek, dead_doubleacute ] };
key <AB02> { [ hebrew_qoph, hebrew_qoph ] };
key <AB03> { [ hebrew_yod, hebrew_yod ] };
key <AB04> { [ hebrew_kaph, hebrew_finalkaph ] };
key <AB05> { [ hebrew_zade, hebrew_finalzade ] };
key <AB06> { [ hebrew_bet, hebrew_bet ] };
key <AB07> { [ hebrew_mem, hebrew_finalmem ] };
key <AB08> { [ hebrew_waw, hebrew_waw ] };
key <AB09> { [ hebrew_taw, hebrew_taw ] };
key <AB10> { [ hebrew_zain, hebrew_zain ] };
key <BKSL> { [ backslash, bar ] };
};
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kulicuu commented Jul 22, 2014

This layout isn't actually purely phonetic--more a hybrid-- phonetic with a logographic affinity backup. Where a phonetic/legacy affinity is available (a:א, b:ב, g:ג, d:ד, h:ה, w,o:ו, z:ז)it applies, where not then there is some logographic affinity applied. So:
(if it's not obvious imagine a reflective or rotational tranformation)
e : ש,
u : ח,
v : ת,
y: ע,
x: צ
...
Some Hebrew letters map from multiple Latin letters: so i and j both to י (that's a yod), w and o both to ו (that's a vav), f and p both to פ.

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Thank you! How do I use this? I tried giving it to xkbcomp but no luck...

Also, do you know how common it is for Hebrew-speakers to use a latin-phonetic layout vs. the "standard" (Hebrew typewriter) layout?

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