Add input methods for Lakota

The White Hat and Suggested Lakota Orthography are represented here
by three different input modes: A prefix and postfix mode for the SLO,
and a postfix mode for the White Hat orthography.
* lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el (lakota-slo-postfix)
(lakota-white-hat-postfix):
* lisp/leim/quail/latin-pre.el (lakota-slo-prefix): New input methods.
* etc/HELLO: Call out the additions.

diff --git a/etc/HELLO b/etc/HELLO
index 0cebb2bb7c2aec7f3546f6ced979f2abcbe06b7e..577c2828ded7c77722c00dcec417db8090490146 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/HELLO
+++ b/etc/HELLO
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Italian (italiano)    Ciao / Buon giorno
 Javanese (ꦧꦱꦗꦮꦶ)     console.log("ꦲꦭꦺꦴ");
 Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ)      ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ
 Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ)    ជំរាបសួរ
+Lakota (Lakȟotiyapi)  Taŋyáŋ yahí!
 Lao (ພາສາລາວ)    ສະບາຍດີ / ຂໍໃຫ້ໂຊກດີ
 Malayalam (മലയാളം) നമസ്കാരം
 Maldivian (ދިވެހި)       އައްސަލާމު ޢަލައިކުމް / ކިހިނެހް؟

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 889a0e690e4b443dd985d4681423e5fd9d3c2a60..79917c69678c33dcf2efea91678a97347e3f6ac9 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1219,6 +1219,13 @@ deprecated.  Errors in the Inscript method were corrected.
 *** New input method 'cham'.
 There's also a Cham greeting in "etc/HELLO".
 
+---
+*** New input methods for Lakota language orthographies
+Two orthographies are represented here, the Suggested Lakota Orthography
+and what is known as the White Hat Orthography.  Input methods lakota-slo-prefix,
+lakota-slo-postfix, and lakota-white-hat-postfix have been added.
+There is also a Lakota greeting in "etc/HELLO".
+
 ** Ispell
 
 +++

diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el
index 10408776a2a720ae04ce9bccd0d5c7c0bd94747d..8329fff82ed75f6688983648356096788cff3c15 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el
@@ -1298,6 +1298,64 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\=`\\=` -> a\\=`
  ("a__" ["a_"])
  )
 
+;; Input modes of various orthographies for the Lakota language.
+;; I'd like to acknowledge the elders and ancestors who fought
+;; to keep the language and culture alive.
+;; Grant Shangreaux <grant@churls.world> 2021-05-23
+
+(quail-define-package
+ "lakota-white-hat-postfix" "Lakota" "Lak " t
+ "Lakota White Hat orthography input method with postfix modifiers.
+The `f' key produces the nasal ŋ while unused letters `r' and `v' add
+the combining dot above and macron diacritics respectively.  This allows
+production of all the consonants:
+
+cv -> c̄    hr -> ḣ    pv -> p̄    tv -> t̄
+cr -> ċ    kv -> k̄    pr -> ṗ    tr -> ṫ
+gr -> ġ    kr -> k̇    sr -> ṡ    zr -> ż
+
+The glottal stop is produced by repeating the ' character.  This orthography
+does not use stress diacritics on vowels. Mit̄ak̄uyep̄i p̄ilamayayap̄ilo."
+nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
+
+(quail-define-rules
+ ("f" ?ŋ)
+ ("''" ?’)
+ ;; using hex representation as these characters combine with the ? syntax
+ ("r" #x307)                            ; COMBINING DOT ABOVE
+ ("v" #x304))                            ; COMBINING MACRON
+
+
+
+(quail-define-package
+ "lakota-slo-postfix" "Lakota" "SLO " t
+ "Suggested Lakota Orthography input method with postfix modifier.
+To add stress to a vowel, simply type the single quote ' after the vowel.
+The glottal stop is produced by repeating the ' character.  All other
+characters are bound to a single key.  Mitákuyepi philámayayapi ló."
+nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
+
+(quail-define-rules
+ ;; accented vowels
+ ("a'" ?á) ("A'" ?Á)
+ ("e'" ?é) ("E'" ?É)
+ ("i'" ?í) ("I'" ?Í)
+ ("o'" ?ó) ("O'" ?Ó)
+ ("u'" ?ú) ("U'" ?Ú)
+
+ ;; consonants with caron
+ ("c" ?č) ("C" ?Č)
+ ("j" ?ȟ) ("J" ?Ȟ)
+ ("q" ?ǧ) ("Q" ?Ǧ)
+ ("x" ?ž) ("X" ?Ž)
+ ("r" ?š) ("R" ?Š)
+
+ ;; velar nasal n
+ ("f" ?ŋ)
+
+ ;; glottal stop
+ ("''" ?’))
+
 (quail-define-package
  "norwegian-postfix" "Latin-1" "NO<" t
  "Norwegian (Norsk) input method (rule: AE->Æ   OE->Ø   AA->Å   E\\='->É

diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-pre.el b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-pre.el
index b8b0fabfa8416a733a7798bce812062433062a01..3b9c942a8c12e44e87e7fadfe35db66acdb3d837 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-pre.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-pre.el
@@ -1337,4 +1337,33 @@ Doubling the prefix separates the letter and prefix. --a -> -a
  ("``"  ["`"])
  )
 
+(quail-define-package
+ "lakota-slo-prefix" "Lakota" "SLO " t
+ "Suggested Lakota Orthography input method with prefix modifier.
+To add stress to a vowel, simply type the single quote ' before the vowel.
+The glottal stop is produced by repeating the ' character.  All other
+characters are bound to a single key.  Mitákuyepi philámayayapi ló."
+nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
+
+(quail-define-rules
+ ;; accented vowels
+ ("'a" ?á) ("'A" ?Á)
+ ("'e" ?é) ("'E" ?É)
+ ("'i" ?í) ("'I" ?Í)
+ ("'o" ?ó) ("'O" ?Ó)
+ ("'u" ?ú) ("'U" ?Ú)
+
+ ;; consonants with caron
+ ("c" ?č) ("C" ?Č)
+ ("j" ?ȟ) ("J" ?Ȟ)
+ ("q" ?ǧ) ("Q" ?Ǧ)
+ ("x" ?ž) ("X" ?Ž)
+ ("r" ?š) ("R" ?Š)
+
+ ;; velar nasal n
+ ("f" ?ŋ)
+
+ ;; glottal stop
+ ("''" ?’))
+
 ;;; latin-pre.el ends here