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It is obvious that each typable writing system has to have its own keyboard layouts. In addition, there are numerous rearrangements of keyboards for specific languages and countries. Many languages require specific letters not used in other languages. As a result, most [[locales]] have their own keyboard layouts, in some cases several. The following examples are all incomplete. For alphabets with upper- and lower-case, only the lower-case is shown. No attempt has been made to indicated combining diacritics and other composed characters.
It is obvious that each typable writing system has to have its own keyboard layouts. In addition, there are numerous rearrangements of keyboards for specific languages and countries. Many languages require specific letters not used in other languages. As a result, most [[locales]] have their own keyboard layouts, in some cases several.

The following examples, from Debian Linux keyboard layouts, are all incomplete. For alphabets with upper- and lower-case, only the lower-case is shown. No attempt has been made to indicate combining diacritics and other composed characters. See the images linked from the various language names for further details.


See also [[Keyboard Files]] for an explanation of Linux keyboard definitions.
See also [[Keyboard Files]] for an explanation of Linux keyboard definitions.
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z x c v b n m , . /
z x c v b n m , . /
[http://www.language-keyboard.com/azeri_latin.htm Azerbaijani]
Azerbaijani


` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
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z x c v b n m ç ş .
z x c v b n m ç ş .


[http://www.language-keyboard.com/vietnamese.htm Vietnamese]
Vietnamese


` ă â ê ô ` ~' đ - ₫
` ă â ê ô ` ~' đ - ₫
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==Dvorak==
==Dvorak==


US Alternate Standard Keyboard (ASK)
[http://www.language-keyboard.com/dvorak.htm US Alternate Standard Keyboard] (ASK)
` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 [ ]
` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 [ ]
' , . p y f g c r l / = \
' , . p y f g c r l / = \
a o e u i d h t n s -
a o e u i d h t n s -
; q j k x b m w v z
; q j k x b m w v z

[http://www.language-keyboard.com/dvorak_left-handed.htm Dvorak left hand only]

` [ ] p f m l j 4 3 2 1 \
; q b y u r s o ^ 6 5 =
k c d t h e a z 8 7 -
' x g v w n i , 0 9

[http://www.language-keyboard.com/dvorak_right-handed.htm Dvorak right hand only]

` 1 2 3 4 j l m f p / [ ]
5 6 q > o r s u y b ; =
7 8 z a e h t d c k -
9 0 x , i n w v g '


Norwegian Dvorak
Norwegian Dvorak
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. q j k x b m w v z
. q j k x b m w v z


==French AZERTY==
==[http://www.language-keyboard.com/french.htm French AZERTY]==


² & é " ' ( - è _ ç à ) =
² & é " ' ( - è _ ç à ) =
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w x c v b n , ; : !
w x c v b n , ; : !


==German QWERTZ==
==[http://www.language-keyboard.com/german.htm German QWERTZ]==


^ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ß
^ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ß
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y x c v b n m , . -
y x c v b n m , . -


=[http://www.language-keyboard.com/greek.htm Greek]=
=Greek=
Follows various Latin layouts to some degree.
Follows various Latin layouts to some degree. There are a number of other Greek layouts, including Polytonic Greek for Classical literature.


` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
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There are four keyboard layouts for Russian, with variants for other languages written in Cyrillic. During the Soviet period, there were more than 200 of them. Several of the newly independent states of Central Asia have changed to other alphabets, according to national preference, including Arabic, Latin, and Mongolian. (The independent former Soviet republic of Mongolia returned to Cyrillic soon thereafter. The Chinese province of Mongolia continues to use its traditional alphabet.)
There are four keyboard layouts for Russian, with variants for other languages written in Cyrillic. During the Soviet period, there were more than 200 of them. Several of the newly independent states of Central Asia have changed to other alphabets, according to national preference, including Arabic, Latin, and Mongolian. (The independent former Soviet republic of Mongolia returned to Cyrillic soon thereafter. The Chinese province of Mongolia continues to use its traditional alphabet.)


==[http://www.language-keyboard.com/russian.htm Russian]==
==Russian==
This is the standard Russian layout for Linux systems.
This is the standard Russian layout for Linux systems.
ё 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
ё 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
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я ч с м и т ь б ю /
я ч с м и т ь б ю /


==Ukrainian==
==[http://www.language-keyboard.com/ukrainian.htm Ukrainian]==
' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
й ц у к е н г ш щ з х ї ґ
й ц у к е н г ш щ з х ї ґ
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я ч с м и т ь б ю /
я ч с м и т ь б ю /


==[http://www.language-keyboard.com/mongolian_cyrillic.htm Mongolian]==
==Mongolian==


= 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 е щ
= 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 е щ
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я ч ё с м и т ь в ю
я ч ё с м и т ь в ю


==[http://www.language-keyboard.com/uzbek.htm Uzbek]==
==Uzbek==


ё 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ў қ
ё 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ў қ
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я ч с м и т ь б ю .
я ч с м и т ь б ю .


==[http://www.language-keyboard.com/stickers/tajiki_keyboard_stickers.jpg Tajik]==
==Tajik==


ё 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
ё 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
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[http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/InputMethod/indiclayout.html INSCRIPT keyboards] for
[http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/InputMethod/indiclayout.html INSCRIPT keyboards] for


* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/stickers/bengali_keyboard_stickers.jpg Bengali]
* Bengali
* Devanagari
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/hindi.htm Devanagari]
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/gujarati.htm Gujarati]
* Gujarati
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/punjabi.htm Gurmukhi]
* Gurmukhi
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/kannada.htm Kannada]
* Kannada
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/stickers/malayalam_keyboard_stickers.jpg Malayalam]
* Malayalam
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/stickers/oriya_keyboard_stickers.jpg Oriya]
* Oriya
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/tamil.htm Tamil]
* Tamil
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/telugu.htm Telugu]
* Telugu


=Other=
=Other=


==[http://www.language-keyboard.com/armenian_western.htm Armenian]==
==Armenian==


՝ ֆ ձ – , ։ ՞ ․ ՛ ) օ է ղ
՝ ֆ ձ – , ։ ՞ ․ ՛ ) օ է ղ
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==Thai==
==Thai==


[http://www.language-keyboard.com/thai_kedmanee.htm Kedmanee]
Kedmanee


_ ๅ / - ภ ถ ุ ึ ค ต จ ข ช
_ ๅ / - ภ ถ ุ ึ ค ต จ ข ช
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ผ ป แ อ ิ ื ท ม ใ ฝ
ผ ป แ อ ิ ื ท ม ใ ฝ


Pattachote
[ Pattachote]


_ = ๒ ๓ ๔ ๕ ู ๗ ๘ ๙ ๐ ๑ ๖
_ = ๒ ๓ ๔ ๕ ู ๗ ๘ ๙ ๐ ๑ ๖
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ผ ป แ อ ิ ื ท ม ใ ฝ
ผ ป แ อ ิ ื ท ม ใ ฝ


==[http://www.language-keyboard.com/lao.htm%22 Lao]==
==Lao==


‍ ຢ ຟ ໂ ຖ ຸ ູ ຄ ຕ ຈ ຂ ຊ ໍ
‍ ຢ ຟ ໂ ຖ ຸ ູ ຄ ຕ ຈ ຂ ຊ ໍ
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ຜ ປ ແ ອ ຶ ື ທ ມ ໃ ຝ
ຜ ປ ແ ອ ຶ ື ທ ມ ໃ ຝ


==[http://www.language-keyboard.com/stickers/myanmar_keyboard_stickers.jpg Burmese]==
==Burmese==


` ၁ ၂ ၃ ၄ ၅ ၆ ၇ ၈ ၉ ၀ - ၒ
` ၁ ၂ ၃ ၄ ၅ ၆ ၇ ၈ ၉ ၀ - ၒ
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=More keyboards needed.=
=More keyboards needed.=


* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/hebrew.htm Hebrew] and [http://www.language-keyboard.com/yiddish.htm Yiddish]
* Hebrew and Yiddish
* Arabic and related, including Hausa, Farsi, and more
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/arabic_102.htm Arabic] and related, including [ Urdu, [http://www.language-keyboard.com/stickers/hausa_keyboard_stickers_(arabic).jpg Hausa], [http://www.language-keyboard.com/farsi.htm Farsi], and more
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/georgian.htm Georgian]
* Georgian
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/stickers/amharic_keyboard_stickers.jpg Ethiopic]
* Ethiopic
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/stickers/sinhala_keyboard_stickers.jpg Sinhala]
* Thaana
* Thaana
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/stickers/tibetan_keyboard_stickers_(bod-yig).jpg Tibetan]
* Sinhala
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/khmer.htm Cambodian]
* Tibetan
* Mongolian traditional alphabet
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/stickers/mongolian_keyboard_stickers_(traditional).jpg Mongolian] traditional alphabet
* Korean Hangeul
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/korean_ime_layout.htm Korean Hangeul]
* Chinese Zhuyin (Bopomofo)
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/chinese_zhuyin.htm Chinese Zhuyin] (Bopomofo)
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/japanese_ime.htm Japanese hiragana] and [ katakana]
* Japanese kana
* Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/languages/cree_western_r_y-dot.htm Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics]
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/cherokee.htm Cherokee]
* Cherokee
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/stickers/yoruba_keyboard_stickers.jpg Yoruba]
* Yoruba
* [http://www.language-keyboard.com/stickers/igbo_keyboard_stickers.jpg Igbo]
* Igbo


See also [[Input methods]] for typing languages whose character sets will not fit on a single keyboard layout.
See also [[Input methods]] for typing languages whose character sets will not fit on a single keyboard layout.

Revision as of 23:07, 2 November 2006

It is obvious that each typable writing system has to have its own keyboard layouts. In addition, there are numerous rearrangements of keyboards for specific languages and countries. Many languages require specific letters not used in other languages. As a result, most locales have their own keyboard layouts, in some cases several.

The following examples, from Debian Linux keyboard layouts, are all incomplete. For alphabets with upper- and lower-case, only the lower-case is shown. No attempt has been made to indicate combining diacritics and other composed characters. See the images linked from the various language names for further details.

See also Keyboard Files for an explanation of Linux keyboard definitions.

Latin Alphabet

Latin keyboards mostly fall into a few basic arrangements, with many lesser variations to accommodate special characters. The most common are

QWERTY

Standard English-language keyboard 

` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
   q w e r t y u i o p [ ] \
    a s d f g h j k l ; ´
     z x c v b n m , . /

Azerbaijani 

` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
   q ü e r t y u i o p ö ğ \
    a s d f g h j k l ı ə
     z x c v b n m ç ş .

Vietnamese 

` ă â ê ô ` ~' đ - ₫
   q w e r t y u i o p ư ơ \
    a s d f g h j k l ; '
     z x c v b n m , . /

Dvorak

US Alternate Standard Keyboard (ASK) 

` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 [ ]
   ' , . p y f g c r l / = \
    a o e u i d h t n s -
     ; q j k x b m w v z

Dvorak left hand only 

` [ ] p f m l j 4 3 2 1 \
   ; q b y u r s o ^ 6 5 =
    k c d t h e a z 8 7 -
     ' x g v w n i , 0 9

Dvorak right hand only 

` 1 2 3 4 j l m f p / [ ]
   5 6 q > o r s u y b ; =
    7 8 z a e h t d c k -
     9 0 x , i n w v g '

Norwegian Dvorak 

| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 + \
   å , . p y f g c r l ' ~ <
    a o e u i d h t n s -
     æ q j k x b m w v z

Swedish Dvorak 

§ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 + 
   å ä ö p y f g c r l , "'
    a o e u i d h t n s -
     . q j k x b m w v z

French AZERTY

² & é " ' ( - è _ ç à ) =
   a z e r t y u i o p ^$ *
    q s d f g h j k l m ù
     w x c v b n , ; : !

German QWERTZ

^ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ß 
   q w e r t z u i o p ü + #
    a s d f g h j k l ö ä
     y x c v b n m , . -

Greek

Follows various Latin layouts to some degree. There are a number of other Greek layouts, including Polytonic Greek for Classical literature. 

` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
   ; ς ε ρ τ υ θ ι ο π [ ] \
    α σ δ φ γ η ξ κ λ 
     ζ χ ψ ω β ν μ , . /

Cyrillic

There are four keyboard layouts for Russian, with variants for other languages written in Cyrillic. During the Soviet period, there were more than 200 of them. Several of the newly independent states of Central Asia have changed to other alphabets, according to national preference, including Arabic, Latin, and Mongolian. (The independent former Soviet republic of Mongolia returned to Cyrillic soon thereafter. The Chinese province of Mongolia continues to use its traditional alphabet.)

Russian

This is the standard Russian layout for Linux systems. 

ё 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
   й ц у к е н г ш щ з х ъ \
    ф ы в а п р о л д ж э
     я ч с м и т ь б ю /

Ukrainian

' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
   й ц у к е н г ш щ з х ї ґ
    ф і в а п р о л д ж є
     я ч с м и т ь б ю /

Mongolian

= 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 е щ
   ф ц у ж э н г ш ү з к ъ !
    й ы б ө а х р о л д п
     я ч ё с м и т ь в ю

Uzbek

ё 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ў қ
   й ц у к е н г ш х ъ ғ ҳ \
    ф з в а п р о л д ж э 
     я ч с м и т ь б ю .

Tajik

ё 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
   й ц у к е н г ш ¸ з х ъ \
    ф ы в а п р о л д ж э
     я ч с м и т ь б ю /

Indic

INSCRIPT keyboards for

Other

Armenian

՝ ֆ ձ – , ։ ՞ ․ ՛ ) օ է ղ
   ճ փ բ ս մ ո ւ կ ը թ ծ ց »
    ջ վ գ ե ա ն ի տ հ պ ր
     ժ դ չ յ զ լ ք խ շ ռ

Thai

Kedmanee 

_ ๅ / - ภ ถ  ุ  ึ ค ต จ ข ช
   ๆ ไ ำ พ ะ  ั  ี ร น ย บ ล ฃ
    ฟ ห ก ด เ  ้ ่ า ส ว ง
     ผ ป แ อ  ิ  ื ท ม ใ ฝ

[ Pattachote] 

_ = ๒ ๓ ๔ ๕ ู ๗ ๘ ๙ ๐ ๑ ๖ 
   ็ ต ย อ ร ่ ด ม ว แ ใ ฌ ๅ
    ้ ท ง ก ั ี า น เ ไ ข
     บ ป ล ห ิ ค ส ะ จ พ

TIS-820.2538 

๏ ฿ / - ภ ถ ุ ึ ค ต จ ข ช
   ๆ ไ ำ พ ะ ั ี ร น ย บ ล ฅ
    ฟ ห ก ด เ  ้ ่ า ส ว ง
     ผ ป แ อ  ิ  ื ท ม ใ ฝ

Lao

‍ ຢ ຟ ໂ ຖ ຸ ູ ຄ ຕ ຈ ຂ ຊ ໍ
   ົ ໄ ຳ ພ ະ ິ ີ ຣ ນ ຍ ບ ລ ໜ
   ັ ຫ ກ ດ ເ ້ ່ າ ສ ວ ງ
   ຜ ປ ແ ອ ຶ ື ທ ມ ໃ ຝ

Burmese

` ၁    ၂ ၃ ၄ ၅ ၆ ၇ ၈ ၉ ၀ - ၒ
   ဪ  ဲ ာ  ီ  ူ ဗ ဟ ဂ ဒ ဇ ဍ ည ၎
    ဩ  ဧ  ္  ိ  ု ပ ရ က တ စ ဋ
      ၌   ့ မ န ဗ လ သ , . /

More keyboards needed.

See also Input methods for typing languages whose character sets will not fit on a single keyboard layout.

External Links

  • Keyboard stickers for numerous languages. Images of keyboard maps are provided for most supported languages.
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