Writing Arabic and Amazigh in Morocco
This page brings together the online keyboards that matter in Morocco: Arabic, Darija typed in Latin letters, and Tifinagh. Pick the one that fits your text and match the on-screen hints to your AZERTY or QWERTY keyboard.
Useful keyboards in Morocco
Tools
- Interactive Arabic alphabetThe 28 Arabic letters plus hamza: name, transcription, isolated, initial, medial and final forms, an example word and audio. Free and eas…
- Tifinagh alphabet (IRCAM)All 33 letters of the IRCAM Tifinagh alphabet with their names (ya, yab, yag…) and Latin equivalents. A clear reference to read and write…
- Arabic ↔ Latin converterConvert Arabic text to Latin letters in Arabizi (3, 7, 9) or DIN 31635 style, or type salam to get سلام. Free, and your text never leaves…
- Tifinagh ↔ Latin converterTurn Tifinagh into Latin letters with the IRCAM transcription (ɛ, ɣ, ḍ, ṣ…) or type Latin to get Tifinagh, with gh, kh and 3 shortcuts. F…
- Hijri date converterConvert a Gregorian date to Hijri or a Hijri date to Gregorian with the Umm al-Qura or tabular calendar. See today's Hijri date and upcom…
- Your name in ArabicWrite your name in Arabic: suggested spellings for about 400 first names, nine calligraphy styles and a square PNG image to download. Fre…
- Arabic alphabet quizA free quiz to learn to recognise Arabic letters: find the name of a letter or the letter for a name. Your best score is saved on your de…
Languages and scripts in Morocco
Arabic and Tamazight have been Morocco’s two official languages since the 2011 constitution. Standard Arabic is written in Arabic script. Tamazight has its own alphabet, Tifinagh, adopted by IRCAM in 2003, and is sometimes written in Latin letters as well. Darija, the everyday spoken language, appears in Arabic script but is very often typed in Latin letters and digits, a style known as Arabizi: “3afak”, “wakha”.
Typing Darija with the Morocco variant
The phonetic input of the Arabic keyboard has a Morocco variant in which three keys change meaning: g gives ڭ, 9 gives ق and x gives ش. The other hints stay the same: 3 for ع, 7 for ح, gh for غ, kh or 5 for خ. AZERTY keyboards are common in Morocco, so keep that setting to make the Latin hints on screen match your keys.
Useful keyboards and tools for Morocco
- Arabic keyboard: the official layout, with vowel marks and Arabic digits.
- Phonetic Arabic keyboard: turn Arabizi into Arabic script as you type.
- Tifinagh keyboard: the 33 Amazigh letters of the IRCAM alphabet.
- Tifinagh alphabet and Tifinagh-Latin converter for learning and transcribing.