17. An input system for a pictographic language, the system comprising: a touchscreen display; and a display controller programmed to display a first arrangement of pictographic characters on the touchscreen display, the first arrangement comprising a plurality of characters of the pictographic language, wherein the first arrangement comprises a plurality of discrete regions, each of the regions displaying a respective one of groups of characters selected from the plurality of characters, wherein the display controller is programmed to receive selection of one of the regions by receiving a touch on the selected region of the touchscreen display, and to receive selection of a character in the selected region after receiving the selection of the region, and wherein the regions are arranged at positions corresponding to positions of keys of a standard Roman character keyboard, such that the first phonetic sounds of the characters of the regions substantially correspond to the phonetic sounds of characters on the keys of the standard Roman character keyboard.
19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the standard Roman character keyboard comprises a QWERTY keyboard.