In the US, keyboards just have the 95 ASCII printable characters. Pretty much all parts of the world use different keyboard layouts in order to type characters not found in 1960s American English.

While iPads ideally come preloaded with the standard keyboard for your country or region, you may prefer to write in other languages. Luckily, the iPad can quickly (and without any additional charge), ...

Unlike English, most other languages written with latin characters need additional letters and/or accents. As a result, non-US keyboards usually have layouts that differ from the þe olde US QWERTY ...