21. The mobile communication device of claim 12 , wherein said instructions, when executed on said processor, further cause said mobile communication device to perform operations comprising: ranking the set of syllable variants in the second language in decreasing order of frequencies of use of the syllable variants.
12. A mobile communication device, comprising: a number of keys; a display; a processor apparatus comprising a processor and a memory in electronic communication with one another, said memory having stored therein instructions which, when executed on said processor, cause said mobile communication device to perform operations comprising: receiving an input reflecting selection of a key; identifying a set of symbol variants based on the key selection; receiving a symbol selection input reflecting selection of a symbol from the set of symbol variants, wherein the selected symbol is a syllable in a first language; identifying a set of syllable variants in a second language corresponding to the syllable in the first language; receiving a syllable selection input reflecting selection of an input syllable from the set of syllable variants in the second language; and outputting the selected input syllable on the display.