Hybrid Kurdish (Kurmanjî Latin/Qamişlo) keyboard layouts for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions using XKB. Each layout merges Kurdish characters into an existing base keyboard layout, so you keep your familiar key positions while gaining Kurdish input.

Kurdish characters are mapped to the following positions (row-column):

sudo bash install.sh

The script:

1. Detects your current keyboard layout.
2. Copies the matching ku-* file (and all variants) into /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/.
3. Injects the Kurdish layout names into /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml (backs up the original as evdev.xml-old).

If your base layout is not yet supported, the script installs the files anyway — you can set the layout manually afterwards.

After installation, add the Kurdish layout via your desktop settings:

KDE / KUbuntu:

System Settings → Input Devices → Keyboard → Layouts → Add → search "Kurdish"

GNOME / Ubuntu:

Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → + → Other → Kurdish

Remove the ku-* files from /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ and restore evdev.xml from the evdev.xml-old backup that the installer creates automatically.

The XKB symbols directory (/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/) is at the same path on all tested distributions.

Wayland: XKB layouts work under both X11 and Wayland. On Wayland (GNOME 45+, KDE Plasma 6), add the layout through the same Settings → Keyboard path — no additional steps required.

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