Lithuanian Keyboard Online – Free Virtual Lietuviška Klaviatūra
Free Online Lithuanian Keyboard – A Number Row Made of Letters
Welcome to the Lithuanian keyboard online (lietuviška klaviatūra). All nine of Lithuanian's diacritic letters have keys of their own, so you can write correct Lithuanian from any computer, tablet or phone with nothing to install. Click the keys on screen, or type on your physical keyboard.
How this layout is arranged. Six of the nine letters take the spare keys around the main block: č, š and ž follow P on the top row, ę and ė follow L on the home row, and ą sits at the far left of the number row. The other three — į, ų and ū — occupy the digit keys 1, 2 and 3, so those digits move to Shift while 4 through 0 stay put.
Lithuania's own keyboard has no numbers on its number row. That is not a joke. The national standard, LST 1582, hands the entire top row to ą, č, ę, ė, į, š, ų, ū and ž, on the reasoning that a language needs its own letters more often than digits, and sends the numbers to an AltGr layer.
An on-screen keyboard cannot express AltGr, so this layout keeps the digits visible and borrows only three of their keys. On those three, Shift types the digit rather than the capital, so Į, Ų and Ū cannot be produced here — write them lowercase and capitalise in the app you paste into. Ą, Č, Ę, Ė, Š and Ž capitalise normally.
The nosinė letters ą, ę, į and ų carry a small hook, the ogonek. The Lithuanian name means 'the nasal one', and that is what it once marked: these vowels were genuinely nasalised in older Lithuanian. Modern pronunciation has lost the nasality, so the hook now signals a long vowel and preserves grammatical information, especially in noun endings.
Lithuanian is famously conservative among Indo-European languages. It has kept seven noun cases, a mobile pitch accent, and word forms that resemble Sanskrit and Ancient Greek closely enough to startle. No living language is older than another, but Lithuanian has changed less in certain respects, which is why comparative linguists lean on it so heavily.
The alphabet has 32 letters, counts y as a full letter and leaves out q, w and x. The carons č, š and ž supply the ch, sh and zh sounds, and ė is a letter in its own right. Around three million people speak Lithuanian. Everything stays in your browser — nothing is sent to a server or logged. See also the Latvian keyboard.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I type ą on this keyboard?
Click the ą key at the far left of the number row, just before the 1. Shift gives the capital Ą. The other nosinė vowels are spread out: ę on the home row after L, and į and ų on the number row keys 1 and 2, where Shift types the digit instead of the capital.
Where did the numbers go?
Only three of them moved. The letters į, ų and ū took the keys 1, 2 and 3, so those digits sit on Shift — hold Shift and they come back. The digits 4 through 0 were never displaced, and any numeric keypad works normally. Lithuania's own standard goes much further and hands over the entire row.
Is that really how Lithuanian keyboards work?
On a physical Lithuanian keyboard, yes. The national standard LST 1582 assigns the whole top row to ą, č, ę, ė, į, š, ų, ū and ž, so its number row shows letters rather than digits and the numbers move to an AltGr layer. This on-screen version keeps the digits visible and borrows only three of those keys.
How does this differ from the official Lithuanian layout?
Two things. The standard puts all nine letters on the number row with the digits behind AltGr, which an on-screen keyboard cannot express; here six letters move to the spare keys beside P and L, and only į, ų and ū take digit keys. Punctuation also follows US positions. Every letter Lithuanian needs is present either way.
What is the little hook under ą, ę, į and ų?
It is called the ogonek, or nosinė in Lithuanian — literally 'the nasal one'. It once marked genuinely nasalised vowels. Modern standard Lithuanian no longer nasalises them, so today the hook indicates a long vowel and carries grammatical information, especially in noun endings where it distinguishes cases that would otherwise look identical.
What is the difference between i, į and y?
The plain i is short. Both į and y are long in modern standard pronunciation, and the choice between them is a matter of etymology and grammar rather than sound — į generally appears where a nasal once stood, y elsewhere. Lithuanian counts y as a separate letter of the alphabet, not a variant of i.
Does my Lithuanian text copy correctly into other apps?
Yes. Every character here is standard Unicode, so ą, č, ę, ė, į, š, ų, ū and ž paste unchanged into Word, Google Docs, Gmail, Slack, forms, spreadsheets and databases. No special font or encoding is needed at the receiving end — these letters have been handled correctly by mainstream software for many years.
How many letters are in the Lithuanian alphabet?
Thirty-two. It leaves out q, w and x, counts y as a full letter placed after į, and adds ą, č, ę, ė, į, š, ų, ū and ž to the basic Latin set. The omitted letters still turn up in foreign names, so this keyboard keeps them in their normal QWERTY positions.
Is this Lithuanian keyboard free, and does it work on phones?
It is entirely free, with no account, no installation and no cap on how much you type. The layout is responsive and works on iPhone, iPad and Android devices as well as on desktop browsers. Advertising is what keeps it free. There is also a typing speed test using Lithuanian sentences.
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