African languages keyboards online

Languages in this family

African languages brings together 7 keyboards: Yoruba Keyboard, Igbo Keyboard, Hausa Keyboard, Somali Keyboard, Oromo Keyboard, N'Ko Keyboard, Adlam Keyboard. Each card below opens a complete page — virtual keyboard, transliteration engine, dictionaries and step-by-step content.

• Yoruba Keyboard (Pátákì Yorùbá, Latin (Yoruba), Nigeria & Benin): Clavier yoruba en ligne : écrivez Èdè Yorùbá avec ẹ, ọ, ṣ et les tons (couche AltGr). (+0 variant, direct keys)
• Igbo Keyboard (Ahụigodo Igbo, Latin (Igbo), Nigeria): Clavier igbo en ligne : écrivez Asụsụ Igbo avec ị, ọ, ụ, ṅ et les tons (couche AltGr). (+0 variant, direct keys)
• Hausa Keyboard (Maballin Hausa, Latin (Boko), Nigeria & Niger): Clavier haoussa en ligne : écrivez Hausa en boko avec ɓ, ɗ, ƙ, ƴ et l'apostrophe. (+0 variant, direct keys)
• Somali Keyboard (Kiboodhka Soomaaliga, Latin (Somali), Somalia & Horn of Africa): Clavier somalien en ligne : écrivez Soomaaliga avec l'alphabet latin somali (c, x, q + apostrophe). (+0 variant, direct keys)
• Oromo Keyboard (Gabatee Afaan Oromoo, Latin (Qubee), Ethiopia & Kenya): Clavier oromo en ligne : écrivez Afaan Oromoo en qubee (ch, dh, ny, ph, sh + apostrophe). (+0 variant, direct keys)
• N'Ko Keyboard (ߒߞߏ, N'Ko, Guinea & West Africa): Clavier n'ko en ligne : écrivez ߒߞߏ (mandingue) de droite à gauche, sans installation. (+0 variant, direct keys)
• Adlam Keyboard (𞤀𞤣𞤤𞤥, Adlam, West Africa (Fulani)): Clavier adlam en ligne : écrivez le peul (fulfulde) 𞤀𞤣𞤤𞤥 de droite à gauche. (+0 variant, direct keys)

Scripts in this family

7 scripts share this family: Latin (Yoruba), Latin (Igbo), Latin (Boko), Latin (Somali), Latin (Qubee), N'Ko, Adlam. Knowing which script your language uses avoids the most common beginner mistake — opening the right keyboard first.

Within one script, letters still differ: diacritics, extra consonants and vowel marks change from language to language, which is exactly why each member below keeps its own layout, engine and dictionary hub instead of sharing a generic one.

• Latin (Yoruba): Yoruba Keyboard.
• Latin (Igbo): Igbo Keyboard.
• Latin (Boko): Hausa Keyboard.
• Latin (Somali): Somali Keyboard.
• Latin (Qubee): Oromo Keyboard.
• N'Ko: N'Ko Keyboard.
• Adlam: Adlam Keyboard.

Dictionaries across the family

Together, the 7 keyboard pages below gather about 52 dictionary and resource links: monolingual references, bilingual translators into French and English, grammar and conjugation guides, phrasebooks, plus encyclopedias and press in each language. Open any member, type a word once, and every compatible link receives it — the fastest way to compare how neighbouring languages treat the same concept.

Flagship references include Lexilogos — dictionnaire, Wiktionary (ig), Wiktionary (om), Wiktionary (EN) — each reachable in one click from its keyboard, with your typed word forwarded automatically.

Compare at a glance

Script, region, writing direction, engine and layout size side by side — pick the row that matches your target language, then open its keyboard.

How to choose your keyboard

Start from the language, not the script: Yoruba Keyboard and Adlam Keyboard may look related, but letter inventories, transliteration habits and dictionary resources differ. Open the two candidates and type the same greeting in both — the engine that guesses your words correctly is the right one.

This family mixes writing directions: N'Ko Keyboard, Adlam Keyboard run right to left, the others left to right. The editor switches automatically per keyboard.

Transliteration mode exists on 0 of the 7 keyboards here: type the Latin transcription and the engine converts. On the others, click the virtual keys directly — each page documents its mode in the step-by-step guide, and the comparison table above tells you which is which before you open anything.

On mobile the choice matters even more: full-size touch keys and the same transliteration engines run on phones, so test your greeting on the device you will actually type on. Bookmark the winner — every keyboard page works offline once loaded and keeps your text private in the browser.