The easiest way to swap between keymaps and thus temporarily set keys to different language by use of loadkeys command. If the loadkeys command is unavailable install kbd package:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-change-system-keyboard-keymap-layout-on-centos-7-linux
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Roman
Very useful information. Thank you
Mauricio
Thank you for you explanation!
If you want to set the dvorak keyboard layout, with say, the Microsoft natural curve keyboard, you could enter: