

From this drop down menu you may select to open a keyboard viewer – this will allow you to type from the keyboard on screen.To swap between languages click on the flag and select from the drop down menu.

Click add – the new dictionary will be added to your top menu bar.Scroll through the preferred language list and select your language of choice.Under Preferred Language click on the + button.We’ll be using te reo to demonstrate how you can enable your keyboard to feature tohotū (it’s easy!) The same methods can be used to add a large number of languages – when we were adding Sámi films to our programme we swapped between a Sámi and Māori keyboard! On Mac (Desktop and Macbook) Written Te Reo Māori features macrons/tohotū. It allows for Indigenous language media to grow in digital spaces and for regular people to engage in conversations in their own languages online, on mobile and in digitally processed documents.Ī common misconception is that it is difficult to use these symbols and letters while typing away. To be able to communicate via digital means is incredibly important for the ongoing rejuvenation of Indigenous languages. In 2014, designer Mark Jamra even released Phoreus font – the first font to accurately represent the Cherokee language. Similarly, the number of fonts that support ‘diacritical marks’ – symbols like macrons, cedilla, accents, tilde and dots that help us to understand how to pronounce a word – is constantly growing. As of February 2016, Google translate supports 103 languages at various levels. If you have multiple keyboards enabled, you may choose the Māori keyboard on the input menu.When the Internet was developed it was coded in English with a Latin Alphabet. Now you have the input menu shown at the top right by your name.At the bottom of the dialog tick Show Input menu in menu bar. Scroll down the input methods list until you find Māori.Click on the Apple in the top left and open System Preferences.Click the Keyboard layout button and select the Māori keyboard.If you don’t see the Language bar, right-click the task bar, point to Toolbars and click Language bar. On the Language bar, click the Input language button and select English (New Zealand).If Māori is not listed under Input method, select Add an input method and install the Māori keyboard.On the English (New Zealand) line, click Options.Click Change input methods under Language.Select Additional date, time, & regional settings at the bottom.Click Region & language in the left column.Click the Start menu and select Settings.Below is an outline of the process for the most common operating systems. This depends on whether you use Windows 10, Windows 8, Mac OS, or any other operating systems. How do you change your language settings?
