Right-click the link below and click Save As to save the file to your computer. Then double-click on the file to begin the installation. If you are ever prompted for permission to continue, just click Run or Allow. You may have to turn of your anti-virus software to ensure the keyboard installs successfully.
- Arikara Keyboard Layout and Fonts Bundle (EXE, 16.2 MB)
Once you have installed the software, just press the 
key in the top-right corner of the keyboard to turn on the Arikara keyboard layout. When you are done typing Arikara, just press the key again to switch back to the English keyboard layout.
Alternatively, you can see a list of keyboard layouts that you have installed in the language toolbar in the bottom right corner of your screen. On Windows 7, click the 
icon and select US – Arikara from the list. On Windows 8, click the ENG – US tab and select US – Arikara from the list.
There are some English letters that are not needed to type Arikara; these are the faded letters in the diagram. Some of these letters (shown in blue above) are used instead to type the unique Arikara letters:
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produces the letter š as in šíhUx (“five”) |
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produces the letter č as in čiíRA (“hello”) |
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produces the glottal stop ’ as in ka’ít (“sugar”) |
Arikara words carry stress marks to show which syllable is louder. You can get the stress mark by pressing the apostrophe key 
(shown in pink above) after you type a vowel. For example 
followed by produces á as in sápat (“woman”).Whispered sounds are written with capital letters, like in the word kuNAhúx (“old man”). These can be typed as they are on the English keyboard: by either holding down the 
key or by pressing the 
key first.
Holding down the 
key to the right of the space bar (shown in green above) makes the keys behave as they would in the English keyboard layout without requiring you to turn off the Arikara keyboard layout. You might find this function helpful if you are typing an Arikara text that requires only one or two English characters, for example in the sentence kutatAxaá’A David (“my name is David”) which requires the letters D and V (not found in the Arikara keyboard layout).
This software also installs a number of fonts on your computer so you can enhance the appearance of your word-processing and graphic work. These fonts are included in the software because many fonts still do not cater for the Arikara alphabet. We recommend printing out this page so that you have a visual reference of the Arikara-compatible fonts.
| Andika New Basic |  |
| Arezzo Pro Rounded Demi |  |
| Artistic Pro |  |
| Avignon Pro Xlight |  |
| Barbedor Pro |  |
| Benjamin Gothic |  |
| Bonita Pro |  |
| Charis SIL |  |
| Dessau Pro |  |
| Dirty No3 |  |
| Koblenz Pro |  |
| Liberation Mono |  |
| Liberation Sans |  |
| Liberation Serif |  |
| MPH 2B Damese |  |
| Orkney Pro |  |
| Sheffield Pro |  |
| Typewriter Pro |  |
| University Old Style |  |