Type the Indigenous NT keyboard, right here

This page is a stand-alone practice keyboard for the Indigenous NT Integrated Keyboard, the free Keyman layout published by SIL Global for the eleven official languages of the Northwest Territories. Unlike the scripts in a typical operating-system keyboard gallery, this layout is not built into Windows or macOS, so there is nothing to switch on in your settings. Everything below runs in this page: hold the Alt key on Windows (or the right Option key on a Mac) while you type, and this page reproduces the same characters the real keyboard would produce.

Nothing here needs installing, which matters on school Chromebooks and locked-down devices where students cannot add a system keyboard themselves.

Type here, now

Do thisClick the practice box further down, then hold Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) and press a letter. Add Shift as well for the capital or second version.

Why it worksThis page listens to the physical key you press, the same way the real keyboard driver does, so the drill is a faithful rehearsal even without installing anything.

Install it for real

For everyday typingGet the free Keyman app, then add the Indigenous NT keyboard, from keyman.com/keyboards/indigenous_nt (medium confidence on current install steps; the vendor page is the source of truth).

Where it runsWindows, macOS, iOS, Android, and a web/bookmarklet version, so the same layout follows a student between a school desktop and a phone.

About this keyboard

CoversEleven official NWT languages on one integrated layout, so there is no switching between separate keyboards.

ConventionDiacritics are typed after the vowel or consonant they belong to (the Vowel First Dene convention), matching the printed layout card.

Publisher & licenceSIL Global, via the open-source Keyman project (MIT licence, medium confidence; see sources).

This page was built by reverse-engineering the keyboard's own published source file, not by re-typing the printed diagram, so the character set below should match the real keyboard exactly. If you spot a mismatch against a keyboard your students already have installed, it is worth checking against the source linked at the bottom of this page before using this in class.

Special letters

Keyboard diagram · layer

Click a key on the diagram above to see what it produces.

Typing practice

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Click here and begin typing

Sources used:
Indigenous NT Integrated Keyboard, help documentation, version 4.0.6 — help.keyman.com/keyboard/indigenous_nt (page undated; version dated 24 February 2025 per the keyman.com product page).
Indigenous NT keyboard, product page — keyman.com/keyboards/indigenous_nt (last updated 24 February 2025).
Indigenous NT keyboard source file, indigenous_nt.kmn, Keyman keyboards repository — github.com/keymanapp/keyboards (accessed August 2026; every key mapping on this page was read directly from this file, not estimated from the printed diagram).
Official Languages, Government of the Northwest Territories, Education, Culture and Employment — ece.gov.nt.ca/en/official-languages (page undated; the eleven language names in the practice set are quoted verbatim from this page).
Aksarium, Codex Lexpressia keyboard gallery — aksarium.com/codex-lexpressia/keyboard-gallery.html (undated; this page's layout and typing-drill design follows that page's structure, adapted because the Indigenous NT keyboard is not a native operating-system layout).

Not verified: the exact current Keyman install steps (linked above) were summarised from vendor pages rather than walked through step by step; the keyboard's MIT licence was read from a secondary summary rather than a licence file in the repository. Please check both before publishing installation instructions to students.