Arabic keyboard

TheArabic keyboard(Arabic:لوحة المفاتيح العربية,lawḥat al-mafātīḥ al-`Arabīyyah) is the Arabickeyboard layoutused for theArabic alphabet.All computer Arabic keyboards contain bothArabic lettersandLatin letters,the latter being necessary forURLsande-mail addresses.SinceArabiciswritten from right to left,when one types with an Arabic keyboard, the letters will start appearing from the right side of the screen.

Layouts

See also:Arabic alphabet § Keyboards

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  AnOlivetti Lettera 32typewriter with Arabic keyboard
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  AnApplecomputer 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.

Sakhr/MSXArabic Keyboard

IBM PCArabic Keyboard

MacArabic Keyboard

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UbuntuArabic Keyboard

See also

• Intellark

External links

• Typing machines for arabic group languagesPatent