Type Kazakh with the nine extra Cyrillic letters ә, і, ң, ғ, ү, ұ, қ, ө and һ. Use the standard Kazakh layout or write in Latin letters with simple shortcuts.
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Type Latin letters with your keyboard and they turn into Kazakh as you type. Backspace removes the last Latin letter of the word.
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How to use the Kazakh Keyboard
Choose a typing mode: Kazakh, Phonetic (Latin).
Type with your keyboard (keep “Type with my physical keyboard” ticked) or click the on-screen keys. Each key shows the Kazakh character it types.
Hold Shift or press the on-screen ⇧ key for the second character on each key.
Use the quick characters below the keyboard for marks and symbols that are not on the main layout.
Copy the text and paste it anywhere, download it as a .txt file, or search Google for it directly.
About the Kazakh keyboard
Kazakh Cyrillic has 42 letters: the 33 Russian letters plus ә, і, ң, ғ, ү, ұ, қ, ө and һ, which represent sounds Russian does not have.
Kazakh: The Kazakh Cyrillic layout: Russian ЙЦУКЕН letters plus ә і ң ғ ү ұ қ ө һ on the number row.
Phonetic (Latin): Type Kazakh in Latin letters: salem → сәлем needs a' for ә. Use q қ, g' ғ, n' ң, o' ө, u' ұ, y' ү, i' і.
Kazakh letters and where to find them
All 41 Kazakh Cyrillic characters on the main layout, with the key that types them and how to type them phonetically. “Shift+” means hold Shift (or press the on-screen ⇧ key first).
Letter
Unicode name
Key (Kazakh)
Phonetic (Latin)
а
a
F
a
б
be
,
b
в
ve
D
v
г
ghe
U
g
д
de
L
d
е
ie
T
e
ж
zhe
;
zh
з
ze
P
z
и
i
B
i
й
short i
Q
j
к
ka
R
k
л
el
K
l
м
em
V
m
н
en
Y
n
о
o
J
o
п
pe
G
p
р
er
H
r
с
es
C
s
т
te
N
t
у
u
E
u, w
ф
ef
A
f
х
ha
[
kh, x
ц
tse
W
ts, c
ч
che
X
ch
ш
sha
I
sh
щ
shcha
O
shch
ъ
hard sign
]
''
ы
yeru
S
y
ь
soft sign
M
"
э
e
'
e'
ю
yu
.
yu
я
ya
Z
ya
і
byelorussian-ukrainian i
3
i'
ғ
ghe with stroke
5
g', gh
қ
ka with descender
0
q
ң
en with descender
4
n', ng
ү
straight u
8
y'
ұ
straight u with stroke
9
u'
һ
shha
=
h
ә
schwa
2
a'
ө
barred o
-
o'
Tips for typing Kazakh
Vowel harmony: words usually use either front (ә е і ө ү) or back (а о ұ ы) vowels.
қ and ғ appear with back vowels, к and г with front ones.
₸ is the tenge sign.
Use « » for quotations.
Frequently asked questions
Where are the Kazakh letters on the keyboard?
On the Kazakh layout the number row types ә і ң ғ ү ұ қ ө һ (keys 2 to =); hold Shift for capitals. Digits are on Shift of the same keys on many Kazakh keyboards; here they keep their Russian-style punctuation.
What is the difference between ү and ұ?
Both are u-like vowels: ү is a front vowel (like German ü) and ұ is a back vowel (like u in "put").
Is Kazakh switching to Latin?
Kazakhstan plans a transition to a Latin alphabet; Cyrillic is still the main script in daily use.
How do I type қ in phonetic mode?
Type q. For ғ type g' or gh, and for ң type n' or ng.
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