The Thai Kedmanee keyboard layout () is the standard Thai language

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. It originated from the Thai

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s introduced in the 1920s to replace older seven-row designs (in turn introduced by

Edwin Hunter McFarland Samuel Gamble McFarland (December 11, 1830 – April 26, 1897) was an American Presbyterian missionary who worked mainly in Siam (Thailand) during the latter half of the 19th century. He and his wife settled in Phetchaburi, establishing churches ...

in the 1890s), and was simply known as the traditional layout until the 1970s, when it was named after its putative designer Suwanprasert Ketmanee ( th, สุวรรณประเสริฐ เกษมณี) in order to distinguish it from the new alternative

Thai Pattachote keyboard layout Pattachote keyboard (also Pattajoti keyboard, ) is a Thai keyboard layout invented by Sarit Pattachote Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat (also spelt ''Dhanarajata''; th, สฤษดิ์ ธนะรัชต์, ; 16 June 1908 – 8 Decembe ...

. The Kedmanee layout was codified as Thai Industrial Standard 820-2531 in 1988, with an update (820-2538) in 1995, and is the default Thai computer keyboard. Reproduced in

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