Translation Commons’ Published Keyboards
Translation Commons creates keyboards in collaboration with language communities from around the world, at their request. They are free, Open Source, and available for anyone to download and use. Check back periodically to see our latest additions. To request the creation of a keyboard for your language community, visit Keyboard Creation Service.
We would appreciate your feedback on the keyboards. This helps us improve them and also lets us know how our work benefits your language community. Use this feedback form to ask questions or send comments to us.
Note: some keyboards are early releases that are still being tested by their language communities.
Our Published Keyboards
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Chakma (𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄞𑄌𑄴) Keyboard
- Supports Chakma language of Bangladesh and eastern India in the Chakma. The ISO code ccp-CAKM.
- Chakma Keyman and fonts are available here.
- Easy Chakma is another Keyman implementation for this script.
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Chatino Keyboard
- ISO code omq. It is written in Latin script.
- Several different schemes have been used for representing the tone, include superscripts of small capital letters and multiple diacritic marks.
- The “Acentos fonéticos keyboard” uses 12 tone marks on the top row.
- Try several prototypes online.
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Elfdalian or Övdalian Keyboard
- ISO code ovd-LATN, Latin script. For speakers in northern Dalama, Sweden, the Keyman layout can be downloaded here.
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Kissi (Kisi) Keyboard
- ISO code kss, Latin script. This keyboard supports Southern Kissi (Sierra Leone and Liberia).
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Laz
- Laz, ISO code “laz” is a language of Türkiye and Georgia. Several Keyman layouts are available for Latin transcription. Two additional keyboards are available here.
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Mende Kikakui Keyboard
- The ISO code is men-Mend. The keyboard supports the Mende (Kikakui) language in the Kikakui script for West Africa (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea). This keyboard version (download here) uses characters that are not yet in Unicode. Use the font Kikakui Sans Pro Combined strong with this layout.
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Mingrelian
- Mingrelian language is spoken in Georgia and Türkiye. Versions in Cyrillic, Latin, and Khursuri script are on the Keyman site. In addition, a newer Latin version is here.
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Rhade Keyboard
- ISO code is rad-LTN. This keyboard in Rhade (Klei Êđê) language is in the Latin script for Southern Vietnam and parts of Cambodia.
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Sunuwar Keyboard
- The ISO code is suz-Sunu. It is in the Sunuwar script for Sunuwar, also known as Kõits, spoken in eastern Nepal and Sikkim, India. The Keyman layout requires a Unicode font, which can be downloaded here.
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Kurmali Keyboard
- The ISO code is kyw-CHIS, The keyboard uses the Chisoi script for the communities and people of West Bengal, Odisha & Jharkhand states of India.
- The Chisoi script is not yet part of the Unicode Standard.
- Download Keyman version 1.01
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Tai Yo Keyboard
- The ISO code is tyj. This keyboard uses the Tai Yo script for speakers in Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia. Tai Yo script is now part of Unicode, but fonts may not be available on all devices. You may download fonts and a keyboard here.
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Tangsa Lakhum
- The ISO language code is nst-Tnsa for this language in the Lakhum Mossang script. Tangsa languages are spoken in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Lankum Mossang is a writing system for Tangsa that was added to Unicode in 2010. The Keyman implementation requires a font such as Noto Sans Tangsa, downloadable here. Mobile devices do not yet include this font, however, as of January 2026.
