The Arabic keyboard () is the Arabic

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used for the

Arabic alphabet The Arabic alphabet, or the Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as specifically codified for writing the Arabic language. It is a unicase, unicameral script written from right-to-left in a cursive style, and includes 28 letters, of which most ...

. All computer Arabic keyboards contain both Arabic letters and Latin letters, the latter being necessary for URLs and

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es. Since

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

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

Machine a ecrire arabe.png, An Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter with Arabic keyboard Arabic_keyboard.jpg, An

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computer Arabic keyboard

Arabic typewriter

The Arabic layout typewriter was first patented by Selim Shibli Haddad, a Syrian artist and inventor. A British patent was filed three months later, on 1 December 1899, by Philippe Waked, the first person to type a document in Arabic. Both patents expired in 1919, prompting mass production in both Egypt and abroad.Zeina Dowidar & Ahmed Ellaithy
The Invention of the Arabic Typewriter
', 31 October 2019, Kerning Cultures Arabic typewriter keyboard layout

Sakhr/MSX Arabic Keyboard

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Arabic Keyboard

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Arabic Keyboard

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Arabic Keyboard

References

External links

Typing machines for arabic group languages
Patent {{Keyboard layouts Keyboard Arabic-script keyboard layouts Input methodsbr>Arabic Keyboard App

Layouts

Arabic typewriter

Sakhr/MSX Arabic Keyboard

IBM PC The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the List of IBM Personal Computer models, IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible ''de facto'' standard. Released on ... Arabic Keyboard

Mac Mac or MAC may refer to: Common meanings * Mac (computer), a line of personal computers made by Apple Inc. * Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth * Mac, a prefix to surnames derived from Gaelic languages * McIntosh (apple), a Canadi ... Arabic Keyboard

Ubuntu Ubuntu ( ) is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed primarily of free and open-source software. Developed by the British company Canonical (company), Canonical and a community of contributors under a Meritocracy, meritocratic gover ... Arabic Keyboard

See also

References

External links

IBM PC The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the List of IBM Personal Computer models, IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible ''de facto'' standard. Released on ...
Arabic Keyboard

Mac Mac or MAC may refer to: Common meanings * Mac (computer), a line of personal computers made by Apple Inc. * Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth * Mac, a prefix to surnames derived from Gaelic languages * McIntosh (apple), a Canadi ...
Arabic Keyboard

Ubuntu Ubuntu ( ) is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed primarily of free and open-source software. Developed by the British company Canonical (company), Canonical and a community of contributors under a Meritocracy, meritocratic gover ...
Arabic Keyboard