The statistical foundations of the location of the national Kazakh alphabet on the keyboard

   The Department of Applied Linguistics of the Institute of Linguistics named after A. Baitursynov conducted a frequency analysis of the Kazakh language to determine the most frequently used letters on the keyboard.

   As a result of the analysis, the most common letters in the Kazakh language and the most common letter combinations have been identified, and the statistical information necessary for the effective placement of letters on the national keyboard has been provided.

   In addition, based on the results of this frequency analysis, a pilot keyboard project was presented which was developed taking into account the frequency of the use of Kazakh letters and letter combinations.

   The article describes the statistical foundations of the location of the national Kazakh alphabet on the keyboard. For the convenient arrangement of the letters of the Kazakh alphabet on a computer keyboard, statistical studies were conducted to identify frequently used Kazakh letters and their combinations, bothtaking into account their place in the word (at the beginning, at the end of the word), and without taking them into account. For this purpose, the keyboard itself was conditionally divided into an active (central) section for high-frequency letters and a passive (extreme) area for low-frequency letters of the Kazakh language.

   The article also provides statistical data for separate Kazakh language letters and gives a brief explanation of the reasons for choosing their places.

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