Help:Typing Twi

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Twi Special-Characters[sesamu]

In the Twi - Language there are 2 Special-Characters , you need for writing some Twi-words


one special vowel is written Ɛ ɛ

example: Anansε


one special vocal kou is written Ɔ ɔ

example: Nkכkככ , normaly written in english : Nkawkaw


If you need one of these special Twi-characters, you can do it by COPY it from this page and by PASTE it in your Twi-word

For COPY or PASTE use your right mouse-button while pointing to the character.

Typing on smartphones and tablets: Gboard[sesamu]

1 Install the Gboard app from the play store or the app store. [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
2 Go to your phone settings, usually using the "gear" icon ⚙. [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
3 Go to "General management" > "Language and input" > On-screen keyboard. [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
4 Tap "Manage keyboards". [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
5 Enable "Gboard". (Disable all the other keyboards if you don't need them.) [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
6 Long-tap the comma (,) and tap on the gear icon ⚙. [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
7 Tap "Languages" [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
8 Select Twi. If you cannot find Twi in the list, try to find Akan, which has the same letters. [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]

Typing on smartphones and tablets: African Keyboard[sesamu]

1 Install the "African keyboard" app. [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
2 Go to your phone settings, usually using the "gear" icon ⚙. [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
3 Go to "General management" > "Language and input" > On-screen keyboard. [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
4 Tap "Manage keyboards". [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
5 Enable "African Keyboard". [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
6 Go back to the phone's home screen. [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
7 Open the full apps list and open the African Keyboard app. [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
8 Tap the button with three dots from top to bottom ⋮ and tap "Settings". [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
9 Tap "Character Set". Select "South Sudan". You are ready! Now you can type all the TWI letters anywhere in your phone: Internet, WhatsApp, Facebook, Google, and everywhere else. [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
10 When you are typing, switch to African keyboard using a globe icon (🌐) or slide the Space bar to the right, until the keyboard changes to African keyboard. [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]

Typing on Windows and Mac computers with Keyman[sesamu]

1 Go to the Tavultesoft Keyman Ghana keyboard download page [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]
2 Follow the instructions on the screen to install [PLEASE TRANSLATE THIS SECTION INTO TWI]

Keyman's Akan Keyboard[sesamu]

On Keyman's Akan Keyboard;


To type this letter... Press this keyboard key:
Ɔ C
Ɛ J

Using Wikipedia's built-in keyboard[sesamu]

See Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input methods/ak-qx.