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Laptop and desktop keyboards come with various layouts and languages, which are specific to a given country or region. Here you'll find detailed illustrations to quickly determine which Windows keyboard layout you have. These are also the exact layouts we use on our decorative laptop keyboard stickers and language keyboard stickers.
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What Layout Is My Keyboard?
US English keyboard layout
Used in the US, Canada, Australia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and many other countries. Has horizontal, rectangular enter key. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy US English keyboard stickers.
US International keyboard layout
It has an identical symbol set as US English but with additional Euro symbol and Alt Gr key instead of Alt. Has horizontal, rectangular enter key. Can be easily misidentified as US English layout. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy US International keyboard stickers.
UK (British) English keyboard layout
Used in the England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Can also be found on Malta, Gibraltar and former British colonies. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy UK British English keyboard stickers.
Arabic keyboard layout
Used in Arabic-speaking countries: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, etc. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Arabic keyboard stickers.
Armenian keyboard layout
Used in Armenia. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Armenian keyboard stickers instead.
Azeri/Azerbaijani keyboard layout
Used in Azerbaijan. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Azeri keyboard stickers instead.
Belgian keyboard layout
Used in Belgium. Frequently misidentified with French layout, which is similar. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Belgian keyboard stickers.
Bengali keyboard layout
Used in Bangladesh and India. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Bengali keyboard stickers instead.
Bosnian keyboard layout
Used in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It's identical to Croatian, Slovene/Slovenian, and Serbian (Latin) layouts. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Bosnian keyboard stickers.
Bulgarian keyboard layout
Used in Bulgaria. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Bulgarian keyboard stickers.
Burmese keyboard layout
Used in Myanmar. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Burmese keyboard stickers instead.
Cherokee keyboard layout
Used by Cherokee people in the United States. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Cherokee keyboard stickers instead.
Chinese keyboard layout
Used in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Includes Cangjie, Dayi and Zhuyin symbols. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Chinese Zhuyin keyboard stickers or Chinese Cangjie keyboard stickers.
Colemak English keyboard layout
Used by writers and programmers as a faster alternative to standard QWERTY. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Colemak keyboard stickers instead.
Croatian keyboard layout
Used in Croatia and Montenegro. It is identical to Bosnian, Slovene/Slovenian, and Serbian (Latin) layouts. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Croatian keyboard stickers.
Czech keyboard layout
Used in the Czech Republic. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Czech keyboard stickers.
Danish keyboard 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. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Danish keyboard stickers.
Dutch keyboard layout
Used in the Netherlands. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Dutch keyboard stickers.
Dvorak English keyboard layout
Used by writers and programmers as a faster alternative to standard QWERTY. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Dvorak keyboard stickers instead.
Estonian keyboard layout
Used in Estonia. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Estonian keyboard stickers instead.
Finnish keyboard layout
Used in Finland. It's identical to the standard Swedish layout. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Finnish keyboard stickers.
French (BÉPO) keyboard layout
Used as a faster alternative to standard French AZERTY layout. It's available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy French BÉPO keyboard stickers instead.
French (Canadian) keyboard layout
This is a QWERTY variant of French layout, used by French-speaking citizens of Canada, mainly in the Quebec region. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Canadian French keyboard stickers.
French keyboard layout
Used in France, Belgium, Morocco, Algeria, French Guyana, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire. It's also used in parts of Luxembourg and Switzerland. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy French keyboard stickers.
German keyboard layout
Used in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, and can also be found in Switzerland. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy German keyboard stickers.
Georgian keyboard layout
Used in Georgia (country). It's available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Georgian keyboard stickers instead.
Greek keyboard layout
Used in Greece. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Greek keyboard stickers.
Greek Polytonic keyboard layout
An alternative to the standard layout, with extra diacritics. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Greek Polytonic keyboard stickers instead.
Gujarati keyboard layout
Used mainly in the Indian state of Gujarat. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Gujarati keyboard stickers instead.
Hebrew keyboard layout
Used in Israel. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Hebrew keyboard stickers.
Hindi (Devanagari InScript) keyboard layout
Used in India. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Hindi Devanagari keyboard stickers.
Hungarian keyboard layout
Used in Hungary. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Hungarian QWERTZ keyboard stickers.
Icelandic keyboard layout
Used in Iceland. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Icelandic keyboard stickers.
Inuktitut (Canadian Aboriginal Syllabary) keyboard layout
Used by peoples speaking Inuktitut, Cree, Ojibwe, and Blackfoot languages in parts of Canada. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Inuktitut (Canadian Aboriginal Syllabary) keyboard stickers instead.
Italian layout keyboard
Used in Italy. Can be also found in Tunisia and Libya. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Italian keyboard stickers.
Japanese layout keyboard
Used in Japan. It has distinct key shapes, with additional keys next to the spacebar, and changed placement of Caps Lock, Control, and Fn keys. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Japanese keyboard stickers.
Kannada layout keyboard
Used mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Kannada keyboard stickers instead.
Kazakh keyboard layout
Used in Kazakhstan. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Kazakh keyboard stickers instead.
Khmer keyboard layout
Used in Cambodia and Vietnam. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Khmer keyboard stickers instead.
Korean (2-set) Hangul keyboard layout
Used in South Korea. Basic layout (2-set), much more is available but not so popular as this one. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Korean Hangul keyboard stickers.
Kurdish (Central) keyboard layout
Used in parts of Iraq and Iran. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Kurdish keyboard stickers instead.
Latvian keyboard layout
Used in Latvia. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Latvian keyboard stickers instead.
Lithuanian keyboard layout
Used in Lithuania. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Lithuanian keyboard stickers instead.
Macedonian keyboard layout
Used in North Macedonia. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Macedonian keyboard stickers instead.
Malayalam keyboard layout
Used mainly in the Indian state of Kerala. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Malayalam keyboard stickers instead.
Maltese keyboard layout
Used in Malta as an alternative to widely used UK English or Italian layouts. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Maltese keyboard stickers instead.
Nepali keyboard layout
Used in Nepal and northern India. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Nepali keyboard stickers instead.
Northern Sami keyboard layout
Used in northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Northern Sami keyboard stickers instead.
Norwegian (Bokmål) keyboard layout
Used in Norway and Svalbard. It can also be a part of the so-called "Nordic" layout, combined with Danish and Swedish layouts. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Norwegian keyboard stickers.
Odia/Oriya keyboard layout
Used mainly in the Indian state of Odisha. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Oriya/Odia keyboard stickers instead.
Pashto keyboard layout
Used in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Pashto keyboard stickers instead.
Persian/Farsi keyboard layout
Used in Iran. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Persian keyboard stickers instead.
Polish keyboard layout
In widespread use in Poland. It's actually identical to the Dutch and US International layouts. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Polish Programmers keyboard stickers.
Polish (214) keyboard layout
Used back in the 80s and 90s, features Polish symbols. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Polish 214 keyboard stickers instead.
Portuguese (Brazilian ABNT) keyboard layout
The Brazilian version of Portuguese layout. Used in Brazil. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Portuguese Brazilian ABNT keyboard stickers instead.
Portuguese keyboard layout
Used in Portugal and its islands. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Portuguese keyboard stickers.
Punjabi (Gurmukhi) keyboard layout
Used mainly in the Indian state of Punjab and Pakistan. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Punjabi Gurmukhi keyboard stickers instead.
Romanian keyboard layout
Used in Romania. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Romanian keyboard stickers.
Russian keyboard layout
Used in Russia. Also found in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Belarus. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Russian keyboard stickers.
Russian Phonetic/Mnemonic keyboard layout
Used mainly by foreigners who learn Russian. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Russian Phonetic/Mnemonic keyboard stickers instead.
Serbian keyboard layout
Used in Serbia. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Serbian keyboard stickers instead.
Serbian (Latin) keyboard layout
Used in Serbia as an alternative to the Cyrillic layout. Identical to the Bosnian, Croatian and Slovene/Slovenian layouts. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Serbian Latin keyboard stickers.
Sinhala keyboard layout
Used in Sri Lanka. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Sinhala keyboard stickers instead.
Slovak keyboard layout
Used in Slovakia. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Slovak keyboard stickers.
Slovene/Slovenian keyboard layout
Used in Slovenia. Identical to the Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian Latin layouts. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Slovene/Slovenian keyboard stickers.
Spanish (Latin America) keyboard 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. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Spanish (Latin American) keyboard stickers.
Spanish keyboard layout
Used in Spain. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Spanish keyboard stickers.
Swedish keyboard layout
Used in Sweden. It can also be a part of the so-called "Nordic" layout, combined with Norwegian and Danish layouts. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Swedish keyboard stickers.
Swiss keyboard layout
Used in Switzerland. It's a joined layout of Swiss French and Swiss German. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Swiss keyboard stickers.
Tamil keyboard layout
Used mainly in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Tamil keyboard stickers instead.
Telugu keyboard layout
Used mainly in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Telugu keyboard stickers instead.
Thai (Kedmanee) keyboard layout
Used in Thailand. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Thai keyboard stickers.
Tibetan keyboard layout
Used by Tibetan people all around the world. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Tibetan keyboard stickers instead.
Turkish F keyboard layout
Used in Turkey by enthusiasts and fast-typists. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Turkish F keyboard stickers instead.
Turkish Q keyboard layout
This is a modern version of Turkish layout which utilizes QWERTY key placement (Turkish-Q). You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Turkish Q keyboard stickers.
Ukrainian keyboard layout
Used in Ukraine. You can buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can also buy Ukrainian keyboard stickers.
Urdu keyboard layout
Used in Pakistan and India. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Urdu keyboard stickers instead.
Uyghur keyboard layout
Used in western China, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Uyghur keyboard stickers instead.
Uzbek (Arabic) keyboard layout
Used in Afghanistan and western parts of China. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Uzbek keyboard stickers instead.
Vietnamese keyboard layout
Used in Vietnam. This layout is available through Windows keyboard settings. You most likely can't easily buy a laptop/desktop keyboard with this layout. You can buy Vietnamese keyboard stickers instead.
What are 4 types of keyboard layout?
Different characters, letters and symbols are not the only things that differ from layout to layout. There are also four different key arrangements commonly found in keyboards:
- ANSI (commonly known as US/American type), featuring horizontal, rectangular enter key and wide left Shift key;
- ISO (commonly know as European type), featuring 7-shaped enter key and short left Shift key together with additional regular key on the right of the left Shift key;
- JIS (commonly known as Japanese type), featuring multiple additional keys around spacebar, shortened spacebar, and an enter key similar in shape to ISO type, but wider;
- ABNT (commonly known as Brazilian type), which is identical to ISO type, but features an additional key to the left of right Shift key.
How to physically switch/change layouts or to make a multilingual keyboard?
We run Keyshorts for several years now and we learned that many people need to change their keyboard layout or to have multiple layouts on the same keyboard. Unfortunately, purchasing and replacing the keyboard is expensive and hard, and - in the case of quite a few layouts - impossible.
Keyboard stickers are a great solution for this. They are relatively cheap and easy to apply and come with many different layouts. You can even customize their caption and background colors.
If you simply want to switch your keyboard to another layout, we can suggest choosing our Simple Black stickers or language stickers.
If you want to have two languages on one keyboard, try our bilingual stickers. If you need even more, our trilingual stickers and quadrilingual stickers will be the perfect solution.
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