6. A keyboard, as in claim 2, for the Spanish language comprising letter and control keys arranged as follows: on the left hand side of the keyboard as viewed by the operator: on the thumb key row: U assigned to the first thumb key and space key is assigned to the second thumb key; on the home row: O assigned to the second home key, I assigned to the third home key, A assigned to the fourth home key, and E assigned to the fifth home key; and on the lower letter row: case shift assigned to the third lower letter key; and on the right hand side of the keyboard as viewed by the operator: on the thumb key row: L assigned to the fourth thumb key and R assigned to the fifth thumb key; on the home key row: S assigned to the eighth home key, T assigned to the ninth home key, N assigned to the tenth home key, and D assigned to the eleventh home key; and on the lower letter key row; G assigned to the fifth lower letter key, V assigned to the sixth lower letter key, M assigned to the seventh lower letter key, and C assigned to the eighth lower letter key.
2. A keyboard, as in claim 1, comprising letter keys arranged as follows: on the left hand side of the keyboard as viewed by the operator: a vowel assigned to the first thumb key; and on the right hand side of the keyboard as viewed by the operator: a consonant assigned to the fourth thumb key, a second consonant assigned to the fifth lower letter key, a third consonant assigned to the sixth lower letter key, a fourth consonant assigned to the seventh lower letter key, and a fifth consonant assigned to the eighth lower letter key; wherein each of these five consonants is a different letter.