12. The handheld electronic device of claim 11 wherein the memory has stored therein a map file comprising an assignment of each linguistic element to a corresponding input member, at least some of the linguistic elements in the map file being in the alphabet.
12. The handheld electronic device of claim 11 wherein the memory has stored therein a map file comprising an assignment of each linguistic element to a corresponding input member, at least some of the linguistic elements in the map file being in the alphabet. 13. The handheld electronic device of claim 12 wherein, responsive to detecting a predetermined input comprising an actuation of a particular input member, the processor apparatus is adapted to output at least a portion of a set of the linguistic elements from the map file that are assigned to the particular input member.