[Calvin Locke]

except that the y and z for some reason were transposed,

QWERTZ?

Is the Z used more than Y in German? Wasn't QWERTY originally designed to slow down typists enough so as to allow
the mechanically levered typewriters to work without jamming?

[GeronL]

Wasn't QWERTY originally designed to slow down typists enough so as to allow the mechanically levered typewriters to work without jamming?

DA

[struwwelpeter]

Pretty much every language has it's own keyboard to go with their fonts.