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Kazakh Keyboard: Kazakh Cyrillic standard
Write Kazakh Cyrillic text with its nine additional letters on the standard upper row.
Kazakh Keyboard: Kazakh Cyrillic standard: Kazakh Cyrillic uses familiar Cyrillic letter rows and places its additional letters on the number row. Extra buttons provide decimal digits and yo. This page uses Cyrillic; it does not choose or convert proposed Latin spellings. Runs 100% locally in your browser with zero server file uploads.
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Mapping is active only inside the text box. Key captions show physical positions. Base and Shift levels are available; extra characters are below. Paste and device input methods also work.
Extra characters
Text is saved on this device for this keyboard. Clear removes it. Nothing is uploaded. System fonts display the script; missing glyphs may need a device font update.
This keyboard uses Kazakh Cyrillic. Kazakhstan is developing a transition to a Latin alphabet; this page does not convert between proposed Latin spellings.
Layout and standard
Kazakh Cyrillic keyboard standard RST KazSSR 903-90, identified in the XKB source. Base and Shift levels follow that layout; the source identifies further levels as non-standard extensions: https://sources.debian.org/src/xkeyboard-config/2.26-2/symbols/kz
Layout source: https://sources.debian.org/src/xkeyboard-config/2.26-2/symbols/kz . XKB data is available under permissive X11 terms: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config . Base and Shift levels are shown; extra characters are supplied as buttons.
Typing and device setup
Mapping applies only while the text box is focused. Paste and device input methods remain available. System fonts shape the characters; if characters are missing, enable a font that covers the script on your device.
Add a system input source in your device language or keyboard settings when you need to type in other applications. Windows guide: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/input-devices/manage-the-language-and-keyboard-input-layout-settings-in-windows ; macOS guide: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/mchlp1406/mac
How to use it
- Focus the text box and type with your physical keyboard or click the displayed keys.
- Choose a layout or typing method when offered; use Shift for the second key level.
- Copy the text, or clear the text saved for this keyboard on this device.
Privacy & limitations
Your text stays in this browser and is saved locally for this keyboard. Nothing is uploaded. Clear removes the saved text.
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Frequently asked questions
Where are the Kazakh letters?
They appear on 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 0, Minus and Equal. Shift gives their capital forms.
How do I enter digits?
Open Extra characters. The standard upper row contains Kazakh letters and punctuation in many of the positions normally used for digits.
What about the Latin alphabet transition?
Kazakhstan is developing a transition to a Latin alphabet. This keyboard continues to provide Cyrillic input and does not make a choice among Latin proposals.
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