Semitic languages keyboards online

Languages in this family

Semitic languages brings together 7 keyboards: Arabic Keyboard, Hebrew Keyboard, Persian (Farsi) Keyboard, Urdu Keyboard, Amharic Keyboard, Syriac Keyboard, Yiddish Keyboard. Each card below opens a complete page — virtual keyboard, transliteration engine, dictionaries and step-by-step content.

• Arabic Keyboard (لوحة المفاتيح العربية, Arabic, Middle East & North Africa): Type Arabic with smart transliteration: “marhaba” becomes مرحبا as you type. Click the virtual keys or use your own keyboard. (+3 variants, 74 transliteration rules)
• Hebrew Keyboard (מקלדת עברית, Hebrew, Israel): Type Hebrew right-to-left with smart transliteration or the virtual keyboard, including niqqud on the Shift layer. (+2 variants, 37 transliteration rules)
• Persian (Farsi) Keyboard (صفحه کلید فارسی, Perso-Arabic, Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan): Clavier persan en ligne : écrivez en farsi (فارسی) avec translittération phonétique instantanée. (+2 variants, 47 transliteration rules)
• Urdu Keyboard (اردو کی بورڈ, Urdu (Perso-Arabic), Pakistan & India): Clavier ourdou en ligne : tapez اردو avec un clavier virtuel complet et translittération phonétique. (+2 variants, 41 transliteration rules)
• Amharic Keyboard (የአማርኛ ቁልፍ ሰሌዳ, Ge'ez, Ethiopia): Clavier amharique (Ge'ez) en ligne : écrivez አማርኛ avec le fidèle éthiopien et translittération phonétique. (+2 variants, 208 transliteration rules)
• Syriac Keyboard (ܝܘܠܦܢܐ ܕܠܫܢܐ, Syriac, Middle East): Clavier syriaque (aramaïque) en ligne pour écrire ܣܘܪܝܬ sans installation. (+0 variant, direct keys)
• Yiddish Keyboard (ייִדיש קלאַוויאַטור, Hebrew (Yiddish), Worldwide): Clavier yiddish en ligne : écrivez ייִדיש avec translittération (sholem → שלום, ey → ײ). (+2 variants, 44 transliteration rules)

Scripts in this family

7 scripts share this family: Arabic, Hebrew, Perso-Arabic, Urdu (Perso-Arabic), Ge'ez, Syriac, Hebrew (Yiddish). 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.

• Arabic: Arabic Keyboard.
• Hebrew: Hebrew Keyboard.
• Perso-Arabic: Persian (Farsi) Keyboard.
• Urdu (Perso-Arabic): Urdu Keyboard.
• Ge'ez: Amharic Keyboard.
• Syriac: Syriac Keyboard.
• Hebrew (Yiddish): Yiddish Keyboard.

Dictionaries across the family

Together, the 7 keyboard pages below gather about 64 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 — 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: Arabic Keyboard and Yiddish 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: Arabic Keyboard, Hebrew Keyboard, Persian (Farsi) Keyboard, Urdu Keyboard, Syriac Keyboard, Yiddish Keyboard run right to left, the others left to right. The editor switches automatically per keyboard.

Transliteration mode exists on 6 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.