I am running Arch Linux and I would like two input languages on my system.

1. English, UK
2. Kurmancî (Northern Kurdish)

In my `.xinitrc` I have the following:

```
# keyboard layout
setxkbmap -layout gb &

```

And that sorts out the `English, UK` for me. However, I am not sure how to add the Kurdish layout.

The layout I'm after is:

```
/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/sy:    name[Group1]= "Kurdish (Syria, Latin Q)";

```

But I don't know what command to run to activate that layout.

In case it matters, I am using:

1. Linux Firmware version `20211027.1d00989-1`
2. bspwm as the window manager, coupled with polybar.

**UPDATE**

In my `sxhkdrc` file, I added the following:

```
# set x11 keyboard layout
alt + shift {e, k}
  {setxkbmap gb, setxkbmap -layout sy -variant ku}

```

And restarted my machine, now when I press `Alt` + `Shift` + `K` the keyboard layout changes to Kurdish! **However**, if I run `localectl status` I still get:

```
   System Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF8
       VC Keymap: gb
      X11 Layout: n/a

```

Even though the layout is changed to Kurdish! I was expecting `X11 Layout: sy`