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== Chinese == | == Chinese == | ||
=== Zhuyin === | === Zhuyin (Bopomofo) === | ||
It's created by the Beiyang Government in the 1910s for teaching phonetics. Later it came into computers. | It's created by the Beiyang Government in the 1910s for teaching phonetics. Later it came into computers. | ||
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It's the most popular in Taiwan. | It's the most popular in Taiwan. | ||
[[File: | [[File:BPMF-Keyboard.png|frameless|600x600px]] | ||
=== Pinyin === | === Pinyin === | ||
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It's created by Chu Bong-Foo and named by Chiang Wei-kuo in 1976, input by making characters up with parts. | It's created by Chu Bong-Foo and named by Chiang Wei-kuo in 1976, input by making characters up with parts. | ||
Its main advantage is efficient. | Its main advantage is efficient and enabling to input characters without knowing its pronunciation. | ||
It's very popular in Hong Kong and Macau. | It's very popular in Hong Kong and Macau. | ||
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It's created by Wang Yongmin in 1986, input by making characters up with parts. | It's created by Wang Yongmin in 1986, input by making characters up with parts. | ||
It main advantage is efficient. | It main advantage is efficient and enabling to input characters without knowing its pronunciation. | ||
There are mainly three versions, Wubi 86, Wubi 98 and Wubi New-century. The former the more popular, but the latter the more reasonable. | There are mainly three versions, Wubi 86, Wubi 98 and Wubi New-century. The former the more popular, but the latter the more reasonable. | ||
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Here is the list of parts in Wubi New-century: | Here is the list of parts in Wubi New-century: | ||
[[File:WubiNewCentury.jpg|frameless|1038x1038px]] | [[File:WubiNewCentury.jpg|frameless|1038x1038px]] | ||
=== Handwriting input === | |||
Input by handwriting recognition. | |||
Its main advantage is enabling to input characters without knowing its pronunciation (many can show the pronunciation), and to input uncommon characters. | |||
== Japanese == | == Japanese == | ||
=== Romaji | === Romaji === | ||
It's a romanizaton created in around 1548. Later it came into computers. | It's a romanizaton created in around 1548. Later it came into computers. | ||
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=== Keitai input === | === Keitai input === | ||
It's for mobile phones, | It's for mobile phones, to flick finger from a position to a direction to input. | ||
Its main advantage is efficient. | |||
It's the most popular in Japan. | |||
[[File:KeitaiInput.png|frameless|800x800px]] | |||
[[File: | Example: | ||
[[File:KeitaiInputExample.png|frameless|900x900px]] | |||
== Korean == | == Korean == | ||
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== Brahmic == | == Brahmic == | ||
=== | === Inscript === | ||
It's a set of keyboards standardized by Government of India in 1986. | It's a set of keyboards standardized by Government of India in 1986. | ||
==== Bangla ==== | ==== Bangla ==== | ||
[[File:Bangla-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless| | [[File:Bangla-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless|900x900px]] | ||
==== | ==== Devanagari ==== | ||
[[File:Devnagari-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless| | [[File:Devnagari-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless|900x900px]] | ||
==== Gujarati ==== | ==== Gujarati ==== | ||
[[File:Gujarati-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless| | [[File:Gujarati-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless|900x900px]] | ||
==== Kannada ==== | ==== Kannada ==== | ||
[[File:Kannada-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless| | [[File:Kannada-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless|900x900px]] | ||
==== Malayalam ==== | ==== Malayalam ==== | ||
[[File:Malayalam-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless| | [[File:Malayalam-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless|900x900px]] | ||
==== Oriya ==== | ==== Oriya ==== | ||
[[File:Oriya-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless| | [[File:Oriya-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless|900x900px]] | ||
==== Punjabi ==== | ==== Punjabi ==== | ||
[[File:Punjabi-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless| | [[File:Punjabi-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless|900x900px]] | ||
==== Tamil ==== | ==== Tamil ==== | ||
[[File:Tamil-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless| | [[File:Tamil-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless|900x900px]] | ||
==== Telugu ==== | ==== Telugu ==== | ||
[[File:Telugu-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless| | [[File:Telugu-Inscript-Layout.jpg|frameless|900x900px]] | ||
== Hebrew == | == Hebrew == | ||
=== Standard Hebrew keyboard === | |||
[[File:Hebrew keyboard layout.png|frameless|600x600px]] | [[File:Hebrew keyboard layout.png|frameless|600x600px]] | ||
Revision as of 07:35, 9 April 2017
Here are some suggested input methods, but not all notable ones are covered.
Latin
QWERTY
It's created in the 1870s by Christopher Latham Sholes. But it's designed for avoiding key stuck in typewriters, so there are better alternatives in computers.
Its main advantage is the overwhelming amount of user, most keyboard shortcuts are designed according to it.
Dvorak
It's created by August Dvorak and William Dealey in 1936.
Its main advantage is efficient.
Dvorak right hand
Dvorak left hand
Colemak
It's created by Shai Coleman and released in 2006.
Its main advantage is convenient.
Here is a comparison of the layouts
Cyrillic
JCUKEN
It's commonly called Windows layout, for Russian.
Chinese
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)
It's created by the Beiyang Government in the 1910s for teaching phonetics. Later it came into computers.
Its main advantage is easy to learn.
It's the most popular in Taiwan.
Pinyin
It's a romanizaton created by many linguists in the 1950s and published by Chinese Government in 1958 for teaching phonetics, being revised several times. Later it came into computers.
It follows the system's keyboard, usually QWERTY.
Its main advantage is easy to learn.
It's the most popular in China.
Cangjie
It's created by Chu Bong-Foo and named by Chiang Wei-kuo in 1976, input by making characters up with parts.
Its main advantage is efficient and enabling to input characters without knowing its pronunciation.
It's very popular in Hong Kong and Macau.
There are mainly two versions, version 3 and version 5, the former is more popular, but the latter is more reasonable.
Here is the list of parts in Cangjie 3:
Two parts are added in Cangjie 5:
水 
尸 
Simplified Cangjie
A variant of Cangjie, only to input the initial and the final parts and then select from candidates.
Wubi
It's created by Wang Yongmin in 1986, input by making characters up with parts.
It main advantage is efficient and enabling to input characters without knowing its pronunciation.
There are mainly three versions, Wubi 86, Wubi 98 and Wubi New-century. The former the more popular, but the latter the more reasonable.
Here is the list of parts in 86:
Here is the list of parts in Wubi 98:
Here is the list of parts in Wubi New-century:
Handwriting input
Input by handwriting recognition.
Its main advantage is enabling to input characters without knowing its pronunciation (many can show the pronunciation), and to input uncommon characters.
Japanese
Romaji
It's a romanizaton created in around 1548. Later it came into computers.
It follows the system's keyboard, usually QWERTY.
Its main advantage is easy to learn.
JIS keyboard
Its main advantage is efficient.
It's the most popular in Japan.
Keitai input
It's for mobile phones, to flick finger from a position to a direction to input.
Its main advantage is efficient.
It's the most popular in Japan.
Example:
Korean
Dubeolsik
It's derived from typewriter, standardized in 1982.
Its main advantage is easy to learn.
It's the most popular in Korea.
Sebeolsik 390
It's created by Kong Byung Woo and released in 1990.
Its main advantage is covienient.
Sebeolsik Final
The final design of Sebeolsik.
Sebeolsik Noshift
A variant of Sebeolsik, to avoid pressing shift.
Arabic
IBM PC Arabic Keyboard
Mac Arabic Keyboard
Greek
Brahmic
Inscript
It's a set of keyboards standardized by Government of India in 1986.
Bangla
Devanagari
Gujarati
Kannada
Malayalam
Oriya
Punjabi
Tamil
Telugu
Hebrew
Standard Hebrew keyboard
