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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+/*
+**
+** Copyright 2011, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+** You may obtain a copy of the License at
+**
+**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+**
+** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+** limitations under the License.
+*/
+-->
+
+<!-- This file for Arabic layout is an alpha version. It allows to enter   -->
+<!-- some right-to-left text, but it has gone through no study whatsoever, -->
+<!-- and needs to be run through UX.                                       -->
+<merge
+    xmlns:latin="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.inputmethod.latin"
+>
+    <include
+        latin:keyboardLayout="@xml/kbd_key_styles" />
+    <Row
+        latin:keyWidth="10%p"
+    >
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ض"
+            latin:keyEdgeFlags="left" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ص" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ق" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ف"
+            latin:popupCharacters="ڤ" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="غ" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ع" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ه"
+            latin:popupCharacters="هـ" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="خ" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ح" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="چ"
+            latin:popupCharacters="ج"
+            latin:keyEdgeFlags="right" />
+    </Row>
+    <Row
+        latin:keyWidth="10%p"
+    >
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ش"
+            latin:keyEdgeFlags="left" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="س" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ي"
+            latin:popupCharacters="ئ,ى" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ب"
+            latin:popupCharacters="پ" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ل"
+            latin:popupCharacters="لا" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ا"
+            latin:popupCharacters="ء,آ,إ,أ" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ت" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ن" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="م" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ك"
+            latin:popupCharacters="گ"
+            latin:keyEdgeFlags="right" />
+    </Row>
+    <Row
+        latin:keyWidth="10%p"
+    >
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ظ"
+            latin:keyEdgeFlags="left" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ط" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ذ" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="د" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ز"
+            latin:popupCharacters="ژ" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ر" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="و"
+            latin:popupCharacters="ؤ" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ة" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyLabel="ث" />
+        <Key
+            latin:keyStyle="deleteKeyStyle"
+            latin:visualInsetsLeft="2%p"
+            latin:keyEdgeFlags="right" />
+    </Row>
+    <include latin:keyboardLayout="@xml/kbd_qwerty_row4" />
+</merge>