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Arabic keyboard

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TheArabic keyboard(Arabic:لوحة المفاتيح العربية,romanized:lawḥat al-mafātīḥ al-ʕarabiyya) is the Arabickeyboard layoutused for theArabic Alpha bet.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

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Arabic typewriter

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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/MSXArabic Keyboard

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IBM PCArabic Keyboard[citation needed]

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MacArabic Keyboard[citation needed]

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يبيسشب

UbuntuArabic Keyboard[citation needed]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^Messenger, Robert (17 October 2014)."The Arabic Typewriter Keyboard and the Syrian Artist".oz.Typewriter.
  2. ^"A Tale of Two Inventors - KC Website".6 October 2019.
  3. ^Zeina Dowidar & Ahmed EllaithyThe Invention of the Arabic Typewriter,31 October 2019, Kerning Cultures
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