Thai Kedmanee keyboard layout

The Thai Kedmanee keyboard layout is the standard keyboard layout for typing the Thai language. It originated from the Thai typewriters introduced in the 1920s to replace older seven-row designs, and was simply known as the traditional layout until the 1970s, when it was named after its putative designer Suwanprasert Ketmanee (Thai: สุวรรณประเสริฐ เกษมณี) in order to distinguish it from the new alternative Pattachote layout. The Kedmanee layout was codified as Thai Industrial Standard 820-2531 in 1988, with an update (820-2538) in 1995, and is used as the default Thai input method on most computer systems.[1][2]

Official layout diagram from the TIS 820-2538 standard

References
  1. Koanantakool, Thaweesak (1993). The Keyboard Layouts and Input Method of the Thai Language. Proceedings of the Symposim on Natural Language Processing in Thailand 1993. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. Thai Industrial Standards Institute (1995). Thai Industrial Standard 820-2538: Layout of Thai character keys on computer keyboards (in Thai). ISBN 974-607-416-4. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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