Keyboard layout

This is the one given as `russian-computer' in Emacs, with an extra key position from the OLPC. I've split it into two coloured sections to match my "Comfort Keyboard", which has separate half-keyboards for each hand; I think this is the normal split for touch-typing on ordinary keyboards, too.

Ё 1! 2" 3№ 4; 5% 6: 7? 8* 9( 0) -_ =+ ёЁ
TAB Й Ц У К Е Н Г Ш Щ З Х Ъ
CTRL Ф Ы В А П Р О Л Д Ж Э \|/
SHIFT Я Ч С М И Т Ь Б Ю SHIFT

Grammar and morphology

Nouns
Gender Animate Nom Sg Nom Pl Acc Sg Acc Pl Gen Sg Gen Pl Dat Sg Dat Pl Inst Sg Inst Pl Prep Sg Prep Pl
Masculine Animate -cons -п +ов
-ей
Inanimate -cons -cons
Feminine Animate -
-ия -ии -ию -ий -ии
-ей
Inanimate
Neuter Animate
Inanimate

Note: I am an amateur enthusiast about languages, and not a linguist. I don't know this language in depth, and these notes have come entirely or almost entirely from learning from books. I made these notes for my convenience, because I don't like ploughing through the verbiage around the actual information in typical language books; I've put them here in case others with the same preference find them useful.

I'd very much welcome corrections and clarifications, especially from native speakers.

If you want a definitive answer on something, you should find someone who knows the language properly!

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John C. G. Sturdy
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