Keyboard identifiers and input method editors for Windows
Use keyboard identifiers and input method editors (IMEs) to identify the keyboard type.
Keyboard identifiers
The following table lists keyboard identifiers that are available for Windows. You can also install support for additional keyboard types. The valid keyboards that can be configured for your device are listed in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts registry key.
Input method editors
| Language/Region | Input profile (Language and keyboard pair) |
|---|---|
| Amharic (Ethiopia) | am-ET: Amharic Input Method 2 (045E:{7C472071-36A7-4709-88CC-859513E583A9}{9A4E8FC7-76BF-4A63-980D-FADDADF7E987}) |
| Bengali (India) | bn-IN: Bangla Phonetic (0445:{81EA0A17-AA39-455B-BA20-EA79A8F98966}{C7F2F349-36A2-4F2E-977B-5C18BAF1AE7D}) |
| Chinese (Simplified, China) | zh-CN: Microsoft Wubi (0804:{6A498709-E00B-4C45-A018-8F9E4081AE40}{82590C13-F4DD-44F4-BA1D-8667246FDF8E}) |
| Chinese (Simplified, China) | zh-CN: Microsoft Pinyin (0804:{81D4E9C9-1D3B-41BC-9E6C-4B40BF79E35E}{FA550B04-5AD7-411F-A5AC-CA038EC515D7}) |
| Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) | zh-TW: Microsoft Changjie (0404:{531FDEBF-9B4C-4A43-A2AA-960E8FCDC732}{4BDF9F03-C7D3-11D4-B2AB-0080C882687E}) |
| Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) | zh-TW: Microsoft Quick (0404:{531FDEBF-9B4C-4A43-A2AA-960E8FCDC732}{6024B45F-5C54-11D4-B921-0080C882687E}) |
| Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) | zh-TW: Microsoft Bopomofo (0404:{B115690A-EA02-48D5-A231-E3578D2FDF80}{B2F9C502-1742-11D4-9790-0080C882687E}) |
| Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) | zh-TW: Chinese Traditional DaYi (0404:{E429B25A-E5D3-4D1F-9BE3-0C608477E3A1}{037B2C25-480C-4D7F-B027-D6CA6B69788A}) |
| Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) | zh-TW: Chinese Traditional Array (0404:{E429B25A-E5D3-4D1F-9BE3-0C608477E3A1}{D38EFF65-AA46-4FD5-91A7-67845FB02F5B}) |
| Gujarati (India) | gu-IN: Gujarati Phonetic (0447:{81EA0A17-AA39-455B-BA20-EA79A8F98966}{CDB41983-C911-4685-98CC-FC720BBF8FC8}) |
| Hindi (India) | hi-IN: Hindi Phonetic (0439:{81EA0A17-AA39-455B-BA20-EA79A8F98966}{26FA8EBD-97DB-4F65-BF35-5E219EBD0079}) |
| Japanese (Japan) | ja-JP: Microsoft IME (0411:{03B5835F-F03C-411B-9CE2-AA23E1171E36}{A76C93D9-5523-4E90-AAFA-4DB112F9AC76}) |
| Kannada (India) | kn-IN: Kannada Phonetic (044B:{81EA0A17-AA39-455B-BA20-EA79A8F98966}{0F420707-90F7-4E1B-B9F2-91FF3CA9D990}) |
| Korean (Korea) | ko-KR: Microsoft IME (0412:{A028AE76-01B1-46C2-99C4-ACD9858AE02F}{B5FE1F02-D5F2-4445-9C03-C568F23C99A1}) |
| Korean (Korea) | ko-KR: Microsoft Old Hangul IME (0412:{A1E2B86B-924A-4D43-80F6-8A820DF7190F}{B60AF051-257A-46BC-B9D3-84DAD819BAFB}) |
| Malayalam (India) | ml-IN: Malayalam Phonetic (044C:{81EA0A17-AA39-455B-BA20-EA79A8F98966}{6346F0DC-2FE4-40E6-99D5-7362723C3780}) |
| Marathi (India) | mr-IN: Marathi Phonetic (044E:{81EA0A17-AA39-455B-BA20-EA79A8F98966}{DBEB227A-4EF6-45A6-85B5-B1A03D95BB66}) |
| Nepali (Nepal) | ne-NP: Hindi Phonetic (0461:{81EA0A17-AA39-455B-BA20-EA79A8F98966}{7912A487-286C-4825-A608-F676C630B733}) |
| Odia (India) | or-IN: Odia Phonetic (0448:{81EA0A17-AA39-455B-BA20-EA79A8F98966}{607EBD43-EA66-4CAC-A0B1-40F1D147364B}) |
| Punjabi (India) | pa-IN: Punjabi Phonetic (0446:{81EA0A17-AA39-455B-BA20-EA79A8F98966}{59139512-9763-4E5D-B8E5-0AC1C3BAE1AE}) |
| Tamil (India) | ta-IN: Tamil Anjal (0449:{81EA0A17-AA39-455B-BA20-EA79A8F98966}{02E8FC61-6A42-4749-8124-68E28105C20E}) |
| Tamil (India) | ta-IN: Tamil Phonetic (0449:{81EA0A17-AA39-455B-BA20-EA79A8F98966}{045CBA61-4228-4F62-AC0C-F725470D7BFC}) |
| Tamil (Sri Lanka) | ta-LK: Tamil Anjal (0849:{81EA0A17-AA39-455B-BA20-EA79A8F98966}{02E8FC61-6A42-4749-8124-68E28105C20E}) |
| Telugu (India) | te-IN: Telugu Phonetic (044A:{81EA0A17-AA39-455B-BA20-EA79A8F98966}{9F0CDC2B-12B2-4776-A144-F79901A9F8DA}) |
| Tigrinya (Ethiopia) | ti-ET: Tigrinya Input Method (0473:{E429B25A-E5D3-4D1F-9BE3-0C608477E3A1}{3CAB88B7-CC3E-46A6-9765-B772AD7761FF}) |
| Vietnamese (Vietnam) | vi-VN: Vietnamese Number Key-Based (042A:{C2CB2CF0-AF47-413E-9780-8BC3A3C16068}{591AE943-56BE-48F6-8966-06B43915CC5A}) |
| Vietnamese (Vietnam) | vi-VN: Vietnamese Telex (042A:{C2CB2CF0-AF47-413E-9780-8BC3A3C16068}{5FB02EC5-0A77-4684-B4FA-DEF8A2195628}) |
| Yi (China) | ii-CN: Yi Input Method (0478:{E429B25A-E5D3-4D1F-9BE3-0C608477E3A1}{409C8376-007B-4357-AE8E-26316EE3FB0D}) |