Pashto Keyboard Online
A free virtual Pashto keyboard. Type Pashto on any computer or phone. Click the keys, or type on your own keyboard and the letters come out in Pashto.
How to use the Pashto keyboard
Click or tap any key to add that character to the text box. Pashto is written from right to left, so the text starts at the right edge and grows leftwards.
On a computer you can also type on your physical keyboard. The keys follow the standard Pashto keyboard of Afghanistan, so pressing H gives ا and pressing M gives ړ. The small grey character on a key shows the matching key on a US English keyboard. Untick “Type Pashto 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.
Pashto letters on this keyboard
Pashto is written from right to left in an extended Arabic script with 44 letters, including ټ, ډ, ړ, ږ, ښ, ګ, ڼ, ځ, څ, ې and ۍ. Letters join to their neighbours and change shape as you type; that happens on its own.
Some Pashto letters have keys of their own: ړ on M, ږ on ., ګ on ' and ې on X. Others are on Shift: ټ on J, ډ on N, ښ on A, ڼ on K, ځ on O, څ on P and ۍ on S.
The number row types Pashto digits (۱۲۳). Shift on the top letter row gives the short-vowel marks, and Shift + B is the half-space (zero-width non-joiner), labelled نیمفاصله.
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 ښ, ټ and the other Pashto letters?
Most are on Shift: Shift + A gives ښ, Shift + J gives ټ and Shift + N gives ډ. ړ, ږ, ګ and ې have keys of their own.
Why does it type Pashto digits?
The standard Pashto keyboard types Pashto digits (۱۲۳). For Western digits (123), untick “Type Pashto with my physical keyboard” and type them on your own keyboard.
Is this different from the Persian or Urdu keyboard?
Yes. Pashto has its own layout, with letters that Persian and Urdu do not use, such as ښ, ږ and ګ. Use this keyboard for Pashto.
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.