The best research I've seen on this is the paper "On the Prehistory of QWERTY" [1] which has a great figure on the fourth page with the presumable original prot

The best research I've seen on this is the paper "On the Prehistory of QWERTY" [1] which has a great figure on the fourth page with the presumable original prototype showing all the consonants wrapping around alphabetically and the vowels on the top row. [1] https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/139379/1/42_161.pdf https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433...