Localized Keyboards

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German-speaking countries, German Language keyboard variants

• German Germany
• German Austria
  • Those two are the same, there is no german-austrian keyboard. (confirmed by an Austrian.)
• German Switzerland
  • This one is different from the "standard" german layout. (confirmed by a Swiss person.)

French-speaking countries, French Language keyboard variants

• French Switzerland
  • This one is different from the "standard" french layout. (confirmed by a swiss person.)

Italian-speaking countries, Italian Language keyboard variants

• Italian Switzerland
• Italian Italy
  • Those are the same, or rather, there is no italian-swiss keyboard, they use the "standard" italian keyboard. (confirmed by a swiss person.)

and then we can discuss Belgian (French and Flemish/Dutch). Yup. Belgians (whether flemish or french speaking) use belgium AZERTY keyboards (which are different from french AZERTY keyboards), while Dutch people use Dutch QWERTY keyboards. (Dutch and Flemish are very similar languages...) (info from a person from Belgium)

Spanish-speaking countries, Spanish Language keyboard variants

• Catalan (Spain)
  • There are no Catalan keyboards (or other regional keyboards in spain), they all use spanish keyboards. (puh.) (confirmed by several spanish persons.)