This Latvian virtual keyboard mirrors the QWERTY layout of a physical Latvian keyboard. Its 47 character keys reach the 39 letters of the Latin script (U+0041–U+005A, U+0061–U+007A, U+00C0–U+024F) straight from the browser, with no software to install and no system setting to change.
The layout reaches 15 characters that an ordinary Latin keyboard does not carry: ā č ē ģ ī ķ ļ ņ ō ŗ š ū ž – €.
15 further characters come from the AltGr key (Alt on mobile): € – ē ŗ ū ī ō ā š ģ ķ ļ ž č ņ.
Script
Latin
Layout
QWERTY
Reading direction
Left to right
Character keys
47
Letters available
39
Non-ASCII characters
15
Unicode range
U+0041–U+005A, U+0061–U+007A, U+00C0–U+024F
Third layer (AltGr)
Yes
Transliteration
No
How to type in Latvian
Click the on-screen keys or type on your physical keyboard — both write into the same text area.
Shift shows the second layer of every key: capitals and the characters printed at the top right.
AltGr (Alt on mobile) shows the third layer, the characters printed at the bottom right.
The Copy button puts the whole text on the clipboard, ready to paste into an email, a document or a form.
The Google, YouTube and ChatGPT buttons run a search with the text you typed, without retyping it.
Key reference table
Each row is one physical key: the base character, the one produced with Shift, then the one produced with AltGr.
Key
With Shift
With AltGr
`
~
—
1
!
—
2
@
—
3
#
—
4
$
€
5
%
—
6
^
—
7
&
—
8
*
—
9
(
—
0
)
—
-
_
–
=
+
—
q
Q
—
w
W
—
e
E
ē
r
R
ŗ
t
T
—
y
Y
—
u
U
ū
i
I
ī
o
O
ō
p
P
—
[
{
—
]
}
—
\
|
—
a
A
ā
s
S
š
d
D
—
f
F
—
g
G
ģ
h
H
—
j
J
—
k
K
ķ
l
L
ļ
;
:
—
'
"
—
z
Z
ž
x
X
—
c
C
č
v
V
—
b
B
—
n
N
ņ
m
M
—
,
<
—
.
>
—
/
?
—
The characters on this layout
The 15 characters this layout can produce:
ā
č
ē
ģ
ī
ķ
ļ
ņ
ō
ŗ
š
ū
ž
–
€
Other keyboards in the Latin script
These keyboards are written in the same script and share much of their character set.
Press Alt Gr and the base letter: Alt Gr + A gives ā, + E gives ē, + I gives ī, + U gives ū. Add Shift for capitals.
How do I type ģ, ķ, ļ, ņ and č, š, ž?
Same method: Alt Gr + G, K, L or N for the letters with a cedilla, and Alt Gr + C, S or Z for the letters with a caron.
Why does the Latvian keyboard look like an English one?
The widely used "Latvian (QWERTY)" layout keeps the US key positions and puts the 11 Latvian diacritic letters on the Alt Gr layer, so nothing moves for QWERTY users.
What are ō and ŗ for?
They belong to the pre-1946 Latvian spelling and to Latgalian. Modern standard Latvian does not use them, but the layout keeps them for older texts.
How many letters does the Latvian alphabet have?
33. It has no q, w, x or y, and 11 of its letters carry a diacritic.
Why do Latvian macrons matter?
They mark long vowels, and length changes meaning: "kazas" means goats, while "kāzas" means wedding.
