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Online Kabyle keyboard (Taqbaylit)

Type normally on your keyboard; AltGr (or Alt) + a letter gives its variant (e.g. e → ɛ).

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Long-press a key for variants (e.g. e → ɛ).

Phonetic mapping table
3 → ɛ
gh → ɣ
.d → ḍ
.h → ḥ
.r → ṛ
.s → ṣ
.t → ṭ
.z → ẓ
^c → č
^g → ǧ
^j → ǧ
,t → ţ

The Kabyle keyboard adds the eleven letters specific to Taqbaylit to your usual Latin keyboard: ɛ, ɣ, č, ǧ, ḍ, ḥ, ṛ, ṣ, ṭ, ţ and ẓ. Type as you normally would, insert these letters with AltGr or a short code, then copy your text.

How to use

  1. Type as usual: in Layout mode, the ordinary letters of your QWERTY or AZERTY keyboard stay where they are.
  2. Hold AltGr (Option on a Mac) and press the base letter: AltGr+E for ɛ, AltGr+G for ɣ, AltGr+D for ḍ.
  3. Add Shift to get a capital, for example Shift+AltGr+G for Ɣ.
  4. On a touch screen, press and hold e, g, c, j, d, h, r, s, t or z to reach the Kabyle letter, or open the Kabyle letters panel.
  5. Copy the result and paste it into your chat, document or web page.

An online Kabyle keyboard for Taqbaylit

Kabyle, or Taqbaylit, is the Berber language of Kabylie, in northern Algeria. It is usually written with the Berber Latin alphabet, which adds signs such as ɛ, ɣ, č, ǧ and several dotted letters to the familiar ones. Computer and phone keyboards do not include them out of the box; this page adds them without changing any setting on your device.

Special letters and Kabyle keyboard shortcuts

Letter Physical keyboard Phonetic mode Long-press
ɛ AltGr + E 3 e
ɣ AltGr + G gh g
č AltGr + C ^c c
ǧ AltGr + J ^g or ^j j or g
ḍ AltGr + D .d d
ḥ AltGr + H .h h
ṛ AltGr + R .r r
ṣ AltGr + S .s s
ṭ AltGr + T .t t
ţ AltGr + Y ,t t
ẓ AltGr + Z .z z

The AltGr shortcuts follow the letter printed on the key, so they are the same on QWERTY and AZERTY. Add Shift to get the capitals Ɛ, Ɣ, Ḍ and the rest.

Phonetic mode or AltGr: which one to use?

Phonetic mode suits you if you want to type fast without leaving the basic letters. The digit 3 becomes ɛ, gh becomes ɣ, and a dot placed before d, h, r, s, t or z gives the dotted letter: a.dar turns into aḍar. The caret produces č and ǧ (^cina gives čina), and the comma produces ţ. AltGr is more direct once you know where each letter sits.

On a phone, long-press and the Kabyle letters panel replace both methods, and a second panel gathers the capitals. When your text is ready, copy it, save it as a .txt file or a PNG image, or share it straight to WhatsApp. Nothing you type ever leaves your browser.

To write in Amazigh script instead, switch to the Tifinagh keyboard. The Algeria page lists the other keyboards that are useful in the country, Arabic included.

Frequently asked questions

How do I type the Kabyle ɛ on a computer keyboard?
On this page, hold AltGr and press E to get ɛ; add Shift for the capital Ɛ. In Phonetic mode, simply type the digit 3: a3ezzug becomes aɛezzug.
How do I write ɣ in Kabyle?
Use AltGr+G, or type gh in Phonetic mode: aghrum becomes aɣrum. On a phone, a long-press on g offers both ɣ and ǧ.
What are the special letters of the Kabyle alphabet?
The Berber Latin alphabet used for Kabyle adds eleven letters to the usual ones: ɛ, ɣ, č, ǧ, ḍ, ḥ, ṛ, ṣ, ṭ, ţ and ẓ. Each one also has a capital form (Ɛ, Ɣ, Č and so on). The keyboard offers all of them, on the keys and in the Kabyle letters panel.
How do I type ḍ, ṭ or ẓ with a dot below?
Hold AltGr and press the letter: AltGr+D, AltGr+T or AltGr+Z. In Phonetic mode, put a dot before the letter: .d gives ḍ, .t gives ṭ and .z gives ẓ.
How do I type ţ (t with cedilla) in Kabyle?
The letter ţ, which stands for a ts sound, comes from AltGr+Y. In Phonetic mode, type a comma followed by t; on a phone, long-press t.
Can Kabyle be written in Tifinagh?
Yes. Taqbaylit is mostly written in Latin script, but Tifinagh is used too. The site's Tifinagh keyboard lets you write it directly, and the Tifinagh-Latin converter moves a text from one script to the other.
Will Kabyle letters display correctly on WhatsApp and Facebook?
Yes. They are standard Unicode characters that most recent phones and computers display without any setup. Text copied from this keyboard can therefore be pasted as it is into a chat or a post.

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Updated October 6, 2026