

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. Most of the 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. Luxembourg and Switzerland use the Swiss QWERTZ keyboard.

It is used in France and Belgium, although each of these countries has its own national variation on the layout. Similar to the QWERTZ layout, it is modelled on the English QWERTY layout. 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). ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĪZERTY ( / ə ˈ z ɜːr t i/) is a specific layout for the characters of the Latin alphabet on typewriter keys and computer keyboards. ( August 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. This article possibly contains original research.
