Arabic keyboard
Keyboard layout for the Arabic alphabet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arabic keyboard (Arabic: لوحة المفاتيح العربية, romanized: lawḥat al-mafātīḥ al-ʕarabiyya) is the Arabic keyboard layout used for the Arabic alphabet. All computer Arabic keyboards contain both Arabic letters and Latin letters, the latter being necessary for URLs and e-mail addresses. Since Arabic is written from right to left, when one types with an Arabic keyboard, the letters will start appearing from the right side of the screen.
Layouts
- An Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter with Arabic keyboard
- An Apple computer Arabic keyboard
Arabic typewriter
The Arabic layout typewriter was first patented by Selim Shibli Haddad, a Syrian artist and inventor.[1] A British patent was filed three months later, on 1 December 1899, by Philippe Waked, the first person to type a document in Arabic.[2] Both patents expired in 1919, prompting mass production in both Egypt and abroad.[3]
Sakhr/MSX Arabic Keyboard
IBM PC Arabic Keyboard[citation needed]
Mac Arabic Keyboard[citation needed]
Ubuntu Arabic Keyboard[citation needed]
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