Kurdish Kurmanji Typing Speed Test
Free Online Kurdish Kurmanji Keyboard – Type Kurmancî Anywhere in the World
Welcome to the most comprehensive Kurdish Kurmanji keyboard online (Kurmancî)! Our free virtual keyboard gives you instant access to the complete Kurmanji Latin alphabet, including every diacritic, so you can type from any computer, tablet, or smartphone without installing software or switching your system language. Whether you are in Diyarbakır, Qamishli, Duhok, Yerevan, or part of the large Kurdish diaspora in Germany, Sweden, France, or the Netherlands, AnyKeyboard brings correct Kurmanji typing to your fingertips in seconds.
Why do 15–20 million people need an online Kurmanji keyboard? Kurmanji, or Northern Kurdish, is the most widely spoken Kurdish variety, used across southeastern Turkey, northern Syria, northern Iraq, and parts of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Germany alone hosts one of the largest Kurdish communities outside the Middle East. Despite those numbers, virtually no computer or phone ships with a Kurmanji keyboard preinstalled, and the standard Turkish keyboard is actively unhelpful — it omits the letters q, w, and x, which Kurmanji requires but Turkish does not use. Those three letters were legally restricted in Turkey until 2013, and their absence from mainstream keyboards is still felt today.
The Kurmanji alphabet is the Hawar alphabet, a 31-letter Latin system devised by Celadet Alî Bedirxan and published in the journal Hawar from 1932. Alongside the familiar Latin letters it uses ç, ê, î, ş, û, and each of these carries meaning: şer (war) is not ser (head), and dîn (mad) is not din (other). Typing Kurmanji without diacritics produces text that is ambiguous at best and wrong at worst, which is exactly the problem this keyboard solves. Kurmanji written in Armenia has also historically used a Cyrillic alphabet, though the Hawar Latin standard dominates today.
Every diacritic, one click away. Use the on-screen layout to click or tap ç, ê, î, ş, and û directly, in both lower and upper case, rather than hunting through a character map or copying letters from another page. The keyboard keeps standard Latin letters exactly where you expect them, so ordinary words need no relearning and only the Kurdish-specific characters require a deliberate keystroke.
Perfect for every Kurmanji typing need: writing to family across borders, preparing school and university work, publishing on Kurdish social media, reading and quoting Kurdish news, studying the classics from Ehmedê Xanî's Mem û Zîn through to Cegerxwîn's poetry, preparing Newroz greetings for 21 March, and filling in official forms in the diaspora. Writers, students, teachers, journalists, and translators use AnyKeyboard to produce correctly spelled Kurmanji on any machine.
Related keyboards: Kurmanji's Latin alphabet is close in spirit to the Turkish and Azerbaijani Latin layouts, while Kurdish speakers in Iraq and Iran generally write Kurdish Sorani in Arabic script. Switch between any of them instantly using the Layout dropdown above.
Your privacy is guaranteed – all typing happens 100% locally in your browser. Nothing you write is sent to a server, stored, or logged, so the keyboard is safe for private messages and confidential documents.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Kurdish Kurmanji?
Kurmanji (Kurmancî), also called Northern Kurdish, is the most widely spoken Kurdish variety, with an estimated 15 to 20 million speakers. It is used in southeastern Turkey, northern Syria, parts of northern Iraq, and in Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as by a very large diaspora in Germany, Sweden, France, and the Netherlands.
What alphabet does Kurmanji use?
Kurmanji is written in the Hawar alphabet, a 31-letter Latin system created by Celadet Alî Bedirxan and first published in the journal Hawar in 1932. It uses the special letters ç, ê, î, ş and û in addition to the standard Latin letters.
Why can't I type Kurmanji on a Turkish keyboard?
A Turkish keyboard is missing the letters q, w and x, which Kurmanji needs but Turkish does not use. Those letters were legally restricted in Turkey until 2013, and mainstream Turkish layouts still omit them. Turkish also lacks the Kurmanji letter ê. Our keyboard includes every letter the Hawar alphabet requires.
How do I type the letters ç, ê, î, ş and û?
All five appear directly on the on-screen keyboard in both lower and upper case — just click or tap them. No dead keys, no character map, and no need to change your operating system's keyboard layout.
Do the diacritics really matter in Kurmanji?
Yes. They change meaning rather than just pronunciation. For example şer (war) is a different word from ser (head), and dîn (mad) is different from din (other). Text typed without diacritics is ambiguous and often simply incorrect, which is why a proper Kurmanji keyboard matters.
What is the difference between Kurmanji and Sorani?
They are the two main Kurdish literary varieties. Kurmanji is written in Latin script and keeps grammatical gender and case, while Sorani is written in a modified Arabic script and has largely lost both. Speakers of one cannot always read the other, and they need different keyboards — we provide both.
Is this Kurmanji keyboard free?
Yes, completely free. There is no cost, no registration, no account, and no limit on how much you type. The site is supported by advertising, which is what keeps the keyboard free to use for everyone.
Does it work on mobile phones and tablets?
Yes. The layout is fully responsive and works on Android and iOS phones, tablets, Chromebooks, Windows, and macOS. On a touchscreen you tap the letters directly, which makes it a practical way to type Kurmanji on a device with no Kurdish keyboard installed.
Is my typing private?
Completely private. All processing happens locally in your browser using JavaScript. Your text is never transmitted to a server, never stored, and never logged, so it is safe for personal and sensitive writing.
Can I practise Kurmanji typing speed?
Yes. Switch to Speed Test mode to practise with real sentences and measure your words per minute and accuracy — useful for building fluency with the diacritics.
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