Keyboards comes with various layouts and localizations, which are specific to given language, country or region. Here is a guide to quickly determine which layout you have. These are also the exact layouts we use on our laptop keyboard stickers.

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Keyboard Localizations Throughout the World

US English Layout

Used in the US, Canada, Australia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Hong Kong, New Zealand and many smaller countries. Has horizontal, rectangular enter key.

US International Layout

It has an identical character set as US English but with additional Euro character and Alt Gr key instead of Alt. This is the most common layout in Poland. Has horizontal, rectangular enter key. Can be easily misidentified as US English layout.

UK English Layout

Used in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Belgian Layout

Used in Belgium.

Chinese (Taiwanese) Layout

Used in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Czech Layout

Used in the Czech Republic.

Danish Layout

Used in Denmark, Greenland and Faroese Islands. It can also be a part of so-called "Nordic" layout, combined with Norwegian and Swedish layouts.

French (Canadian) Layout

This is a QWERTY variant of French layout, used by French-speaking citizens of Canada, mainly in Quebec region.

French Layout

Used in France, Belgium, Morocco, Algeria, French Guyana, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire. It's also used in parts of Luxembourg and Switzerland.

German Layout

Used in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, and can also be found in Switzerland.

Greek Layout

Used in Greece.

Hungarian Layout

Used in Hungary.

Italian Layout

Used in Italy. Can be also found in Tunisia and Libya.

Japanese Layout

Used in Japan. It has distinct key shapes, with additional keys next to spacebar, and changed placement of Caps Lock, Control, and Fn keys.

Korean Layout

Used in South Korea. Basic layout, many more available but not so popular as this one.

Norwegian Layout

Used in Norway and Svalbard. It can also be a part of so-called "Nordic" layout, combined with Norwegian and Swedish layouts.

Portuguese (Brazil) Layout

Brazilian version of Portuguese layout. Used in Brazil.

Portuguese (Portugal) Layout

Used in Portugal and its islands.

Russian Layout

Used in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Belarus.

Slovak Layout

Used in Slovakia.

Spanish (Latin America) Layout

The American version of Spanish layout. Used in Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Cuba, Belize, Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Surinam, Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay.

Spanish (Spain) Layout

Used in Spain.

Swedish Layout

Used in Sweden. It can also be a part of so-called "Nordic" layout, combined with Norwegian and Swedish layouts.

Swiss Layout

Used in Switzerland.

Thai Layout

Used in Thailand.

Turkish Q Layout

This is a modern version of Turkish layout which utilizes QWERTY key placement (Turkish-Q).

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