AZERTY

AZERTY layout used on a keyboard

AZERTY (/əˈzɜːrti/ ə-ZUR-tee) is a specific layout for the characters of the Latin alphabet on typewriter keys and computer keyboards. The layout takes its name from the first six letters to appear on the first row of alphabetical keys; that is, (A Z E R T Y). Similar to the QWERTZ layout, it is modelled on the English QWERTY layout. It is used in France and Belgium, although each of these countries has its own national variation on the layout. Luxembourg and Switzerland use the Swiss QWERTZ keyboard. Most residents of Quebec, the mainly French-speaking province of Canada, use a QWERTY keyboard that has been adapted to the French language such as the Multilingual Standard keyboard CAN/CSA Z243.200-92 which is stipulated by the government of Quebec and the Government of Canada.[1][2][3]

The competing layouts devised for French (e.g., the ZHJAY layout put forward in 1907, Claude Marsan's 1976 layout, the 2002 Dvorak-fr, and the 2005 BÉPO layout) have obtained only limited recognition, although the latter has been included in the 2019 French keyboard layout standard.[4]

  1. ^ Office québécois de la langue française, Le clavier de votre ordinateur est-il normalisé? Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Services gouvernementaux du Québec, Standard sur le clavier québécois Archived 2019-12-05 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Alain LaBonté, 2001, FAQ. La démystification du clavier québécois (norme CAN/CSA Z243.200-92) Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Clavier français : Tout sur la nouvelle norme facilitant l'écriture du français". 2 April 2019. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2019.