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TheJawikeyboard layout is akeyboard layout for writing theJawi script on the Windows platform. It is based on a standard set by SIRIM (Standard Malaysia) in 2011. The layout was devised by Technical Committee in Multi-Lingual Computing at SIRIM. It was approved in 2011.[1][2]
The design is based on 3 principles;
As a result, the Technical Committee agree on two designs, Normal Position and Shift Position.
Apart from the SIRIM approved Jawi Keyboard for Windows, aphonetic Jawi keyboard layout that is based frommacOS Jawi (QWERTY) that was written forWindows is also available.[3] This version of thekeyboard layout is different as it allows typing without the need of an Arabic Keyboard for a more natural typing on a normal QWERTY Keyboard.