How do I type Punjabi on an English keyboard?

Type the word the way it sounds in English letters and it is converted to Gurmukhi as you type — for example sat sri akaal becomes ਸਤ ਸਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ. You can also click the Gurmukhi letters directly on the on-screen keyboard.

How do I type long vowels in Gurmukhi?

Double the vowel: aa gives ਾ, ee gives ੀ and oo gives ੂ. A single vowel at the end of a word is treated as long, so roti gives ਰੋਟੀ.

How do I type the retroflex letters ਟ ਠ ਡ ਢ ਣ ੜ?

Use a capital letter. T gives ਟ, D gives ਡ, N gives ਣ and R gives ੜ, while lowercase t and d give the dental ਤ and ਦ.

Is this Punjabi keyboard free?

Yes. It is free, needs no account, and runs entirely in your browser — nothing you type is sent anywhere, and it works offline once the page has loaded.

Punjabi Keyboard — type in Gurmukhi

Type Punjabi the way it sounds and it turns into Gurmukhi as you go. Or click the letters below to write directly. Nothing you type leaves your device, and once this page has loaded it works with no connection at all.

Try:

Type in English letters

Punjabi (Gurmukhi)

Punjabi numerals (੧੨੩)

Or click the letters

Useful if you already read Gurmukhi and just have no way to type it. Letters go into the Punjabi box at your cursor. Vowel signs are shown on a dotted circle (◌ਾ) because on their own they have nothing to attach to.

How the typing works

Long vowels — double them

A single vowel is short, a doubled one is long.

a → inherent · aa → ◌ਾ
i → ◌ਿ · ee → ◌ੀ
u → ◌ੁ · oo → ◌ੂ
e → ◌ੇ · ai → ◌ੈ
o → ◌ੋ · au → ◌ੌ

A single vowel at the end of a word is read as the long one, because that is how people actually write: roti gives ਰੋਟੀ.

Capitals for the retroflex letters

These are the sounds made with the tongue curled back — the ones English does not have.

t → ਤ but T → ਟ
d → ਦ but D → ਡ
n → ਨ but N → ਣ
r → ਰ but R → ੜ

So ਪਿੰਡ is pinD, and ਰੋਟੀ is roTi.

Aspirated sounds — add h

The puff-of-air consonants are the plain letter plus h.

k ਕ → kh ਖ
g ਗ → gh ਘ
ch ਚ → chh ਛ
b ਬ → bh ਭ

Nasals and doubles

An n or m before another consonant becomes ◌ੰ — sangat gives ਸੰਗਤ, mandir gives ਮੰਦਿਰ.
A doubled consonant adds ◌ੱ — pakka gives ਪੱਕਾ.
For ਧੰਨਵਾਦ type dhannvaad: the first n is the mark, the second the letter.

Common questions

Is anything I type sent anywhere?

No. The conversion happens in your browser with no network request at all. Nothing is stored, logged or uploaded, and the page keeps working with the connection off.

Why did my word come out slightly wrong?

Romanised Punjabi is not standardised — the same word gets spelled several ways, and some sounds are genuinely ambiguous in English letters. Use the guide above for long vowels and capitals, or click the exact letter on the on-screen keyboard. If you think the converter itself is wrong, tell us.

Can I use this text anywhere?

Yes. It is ordinary Unicode Gurmukhi, so it pastes into WhatsApp, Word, email or anywhere else. If the letters show as boxes, the device is missing a Gurmukhi font rather than anything being wrong with the text.

What do the letters actually sound like?

Our Gurmukhi alphabet guide has all 35 letters with audio, and the vocabulary and phrases pages let you hear real words.

Now you can type it, learn to read it

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