Bengali Keyboard Online
Type Bengali (Bangla) on any computer or phone. Click the keys, or type on your own keyboard using the InScript layout.
How to use the Bengali keyboard
Click or tap any key to add that character to the text box.
On a computer you can also type on your physical keyboard. The keys follow the InScript layout, so pressing K gives ক and pressing H gives প. The small grey character on a key shows the matching key on a US English keyboard. Untick “Type Bengali with my physical keyboard” to go back to your keyboard's normal letters.
When you are done, press Copy and paste the text into an email, a document or a chat. The “Search with” buttons open Google, YouTube, Wikipedia or Google Translate with what you typed.
How the Bengali keyboard is arranged
InScript puts vowel signs (kar) under the left hand and consonants under the right. Shift gives the full vowel in place of its sign, and the aspirated partner of a consonant: K is ক and Shift + K is খ.
Type the consonant first and the vowel sign after it, even when the sign is drawn to the left: ক then F gives কি.
To join consonants, put a hasanta (্, on the D key) between them: ক, hasanta, ষ gives ক্ষ. The number row types the Bengali digits ০–৯; hold AltGr for 1–9. Shift + J gives ৎ, and ড় and ঢ় are typed as ড or ঢ followed by the nukta key to the right of [.
Questions
Do I need to install anything?
No. The keyboard runs in your browser and works without changing any settings on your computer or phone.
How do I type conjuncts (juktakkhor)?
Type the first consonant, press the hasanta key (D), then type the next consonant. The two join on their own.
Where is the full stop (dari) ।?
Press Shift and the . key.
Is this the Avro or Bijoy layout?
No. It is InScript, the layout built into Windows and other systems. Phonetic typing in the style of Avro is not available here yet.
Is my text saved or sent anywhere?
Your text is kept only in your own browser so it is still there if you reload the page. It is not sent to us. Press Clear to remove it. If you use a “Search with” button, your text is sent to that site as a search.