15. The handheld electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the operative language is German.
15. The handheld electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the operative language is German. 16. The handheld electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein the number of routines cause the handheld electronic device to perform operations further comprising outputting as the determined output a diacritical version of a linguistic element used in German that corresponds with the textual input.