Again in English – a short German version can be found below.
I think I’m the first who found out about this, so I just love to share this with the world:The Kindle Fire indeed supports various international keyboard layouts – and even without rooting! This effectively fixes the trouble that a lot of people have with the presumably English-only keyboard layout with that stupid “Quickfix” word recommendation scheme that currently can not be disabled due to a bug.
It’s hidden. It’s hidden very well. And it needs a couple of detours to get to the point where you can actually select various keyboard layouts. But if you hate the Kindle’s English “Quick Fixes” so-called “feature” as much as I do, it’s really worth the effort.
OK, keeping in mind what I said about installing Android applications in my last blog (i.e. with the help of another Android mobile, Astro and Dropbox), — or have a look at the short English version down here in the comments …
Step 1: GO Launcher EX
Let’s start with installing Go Launcher EX (it’s free). It works like charm on your Kindle Fire. When you hit the “Home” button, you will be able to select whether to run the regular Kindle Launcher or GO Launcher EX.
For the time being, I’d recommend to use it as a default – you can change back later at any time you want inside the app settings.
Step 2: AnyCut
Now install AnyCut (it’s also free). AnyCut is meant to create launcher shortcuts to often used functions that are hidden deep in menu structures. Some of the shortcuts you create won’t work or might even lead into a “Force close”, but if you find the right one, it’ll save you a lot of time.
Or, you might even find shortcuts to features that are not officially linked to any menu item. Did you know that the Kindle Fire has got a detailed battery usage statistic page – like any other Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” device? — Well, I didn’t either. 
Step 3: Create and Use InputLanguages Activity
It’s as simple as that: Start “AnyCut”, select “New shortcut”, then “Activity” – and the “Input languages”.
This is how it is supposed to look like. And now tap the “Input languages” shortcut. As you can see, there are lots and lots of different keyboard layouts! I assume these are all those keyboard layouts that Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” actually supports under the hood, which Amazon was so kind to hide from our curious eyes.
Yay! That’s how it looks like when you’re typing in German! As it’s supposed to, the German keyboard supports the usual umlauts, and the space bar is really, really in the middle of the screen. … And note: If you’ve selected more than just one keyboard layout (as seen in the screenshot above), you can simply swipe the space bar to right or left to switch between them whenever you like.
Ain’t this cool? 
— Remember: You read it here first!
… Schnell noch die versprochene deutsche Kurzfassung: Um andere Tastaturlayouts auf den Kindle Fire zu bekommen,
- installiere man GO Launcher EX,
- installere dazu noch AnyCut,
- erstelle mit AnyCut / New shortcut / Activity / Input languages
- starte “Input languages”.
Fertig: Es werden verschiedenste unterschiedliche Tastaturlayouts unterstützt. Wenn man mehrere auswählt, kann man später auf der Leertaste nach links oder rechts wischen, um im laufenden Betrieb das Tastaturlayout zu wechseln.
Immer dran denken: Das habt hier hier zuerst gelesen!
Why no chinese ? I hate amazon !
I cant download the apps. It says my device is not compatible. Is there a work around?
Das ist wirklich großartig! Super Lösung.
In that case the simple most solution is to install them on some other Android handheld, then backup them with Astro File Manager, and transfer the resulting .pkg installer files from the other device to the Fire – at first via USB, later probably via Dropbox. To execute .pkg files, you need two things: (a) Make sure that the Fire accepts .pkg installers from other sources. You find this option in the settings menu under “Device” (IIRC). (b) You need a simple file manager to traverse your files, so you can tap the .pkg file to install it. A good starting point is OI – Open Intent File Manager: http://openintents.org/en/filemanager … Simply download the .pkg file from this website and open it. If you have activated .pkg installation from other sources, it should install. Afterwards you can look into you file system and tap any .pkg you copied onto the device this way or another.
Ich würde gerne das o. beschriebene downloaden, muß ich das über den fire machen oder am laptop und es dann irgendwie rüberziehn? Vielleicht kann mir jemand helfen-wäre klasse! Danke
Meine Empfehlung: Installier einfach DropBox auf dem Fire, von hier: http://www.apkmarket.de/dropbox/#more-817 Einfach das .apk antippen – sofern Du die Installation von Apps aus anderen Quellen zugelassen hast, funktioniert DropBox hinterher sofort. – Auf die Weise bekommst Du anschließend im Umweg über die Cloud jede beliebige .apk-Datei von einem Android-Handy auf den Fire. … Hope that helps.
hi there, thanks for everything, i did all of the steps but unfortunately i found out there was no Arabic in languages, would you please help me what i should do, thanks.
Sorry – I’m afraid I can’t help you. The method I found doesn’t actually add keyboard layout, it simply shows a way to select between those that are already installed in the Android system that Amazon pruned, and not even all of them are working properly.
So I guess if you need Arabic, you will need to root your device to add support for this. I can’t help you with this, I never did that.
thanks
Wow, cool! Hat super geklappt.
Und ich dachte schon, ich müßte auf ein Firmwareupdate warten oder ein Jailbreak durchführen.
Außerdem ist der Hinweis mit dem APK-Market sehr zu gebrauchen, der Amazon-App-Shop verlangt ja selbst bei Free-Apps einen Account mit Adresse.
Das funkelniegelnagelneue 6.3er Firmware-Update kann endlich die QuickFix-Funktion abschalten.
… Hier klicken – es geht nach amazon.com auf die Kindle Fire-Update-Seite …