Armenian Keyboard Layout
These tables show exactly which Armenian character each physical key produces in the keyboard on this site. The tool and this page use the same mapping data, so what you read here is what you get when you type.
Armenian Phonetic
Letters are placed on the Latin key with the closest sound, so A gives ա, S gives ս and B gives բ. The Shift layer gives the capital letters. This is the default layout and the easiest one for people who already type on a Latin keyboard.
| Key | Armenian | Shift |
|---|---|---|
| ` | ՝ | ՜ |
| 1 | է | Է |
| 2 | թ | Թ |
| 3 | փ | Փ |
| 4 | ձ | Ձ |
| 5 | ջ | Ջ |
| 6 | ւ | Ւ |
| 7 | և | ֏ |
| 8 | ռ | Ռ |
| 9 | չ | Չ |
| 0 | ճ | Ճ |
| - | ֊ | ― |
| = | ժ | Ժ |
| Q | ք | Ք |
| W | ո | Ո |
| E | ե | Ե |
| R | ր | Ր |
| T | տ | Տ |
| Y | ը | Ը |
| U | ւ | Ւ |
| I | ի | Ի |
| O | օ | Օ |
| P | պ | Պ |
| [ | խ | Խ |
| ] | ծ | Ծ |
| \ | շ | Շ |
| A | ա | Ա |
| S | ս | Ս |
| D | դ | Դ |
| F | ֆ | Ֆ |
| G | գ | Գ |
| H | հ | Հ |
| J | յ | Յ |
| K | կ | Կ |
| L | լ | Լ |
| ; | ; | ։ |
| ' | ՛ | " |
| Z | զ | Զ |
| X | ղ | Ղ |
| C | ց | Ց |
| V | վ | Վ |
| B | բ | Բ |
| N | ն | Ն |
| M | մ | Մ |
| , | , | « |
| . | ․ | » |
| / | / | ՞ |
Armenian Eastern
The standard Eastern Armenian arrangement, used in Armenia. Letter positions follow the traditional typewriter order rather than sound, and Armenian punctuation sits on the number row.
| Key | Armenian | Shift |
|---|---|---|
| ` | ՝ | ՜ |
| 1 | ։ | 1 |
| 2 | ձ | Ձ |
| 3 | յ | Յ |
| 4 | ՛ | 3 |
| 5 | , | 4 |
| 6 | - | 9 |
| 7 | . | և |
| 8 | « | ( |
| 9 | » | ) |
| 0 | օ | Օ |
| - | ռ | Ռ |
| = | ժ | Ժ |
| Q | խ | Խ |
| W | ւ | Ւ |
| E | է | Է |
| R | ր | Ր |
| T | տ | Տ |
| Y | ե | Ե |
| U | ը | Ը |
| I | ի | Ի |
| O | ո | Ո |
| P | պ | Պ |
| [ | չ | Չ |
| ] | ջ | Ջ |
| \ | ' | ՞ |
| A | ա | Ա |
| S | ս | Ս |
| D | դ | Դ |
| F | ֆ | Ֆ |
| G | գ | Գ |
| H | հ | Հ |
| J | ճ | Ճ |
| K | կ | Կ |
| L | լ | Լ |
| ; | թ | Թ |
| ' | փ | Փ |
| Z | զ | Զ |
| X | ց | Ց |
| C | ք | Ք |
| V | վ | Վ |
| B | բ | Բ |
| N | ն | Ն |
| M | մ | Մ |
| , | շ | Շ |
| . | ղ | Ղ |
| / | ծ | Ծ |
Armenian Western
The Western Armenian arrangement used in the diaspora. It is identical to the Eastern layout except for a group of consonant keys that follow Western Armenian pronunciation.
| Key | Armenian | Shift |
|---|---|---|
| ` | ՝ | ՜ |
| 1 | ։ | 1 |
| 2 | ձ | Ձ |
| 3 | յ | Յ |
| 4 | ՛ | 3 |
| 5 | , | 4 |
| 6 | - | 9 |
| 7 | . | և |
| 8 | « | ( |
| 9 | » | ) |
| 0 | օ | Օ |
| - | ռ | Ռ |
| = | ժ | Ժ |
| Q | խ | Խ |
| W | վ | Վ |
| E | է | Է |
| R | ր | Ր |
| T | դ | Դ |
| Y | ե | Ե |
| U | ը | Ը |
| I | ի | Ի |
| O | ո | Ո |
| P | բ | Բ |
| [ | չ | Չ |
| ] | ջ | Ջ |
| \ | ' | ՞ |
| A | ա | Ա |
| S | ս | Ս |
| D | տ | Տ |
| F | ֆ | Ֆ |
| G | կ | Կ |
| H | հ | Հ |
| J | ճ | Ճ |
| K | ք | Ք |
| L | լ | Լ |
| ; | թ | Թ |
| ' | փ | Փ |
| Z | զ | Զ |
| X | ց | Ց |
| C | գ | Գ |
| V | ւ | Ւ |
| B | պ | Պ |
| N | ն | Ն |
| M | մ | Մ |
| , | շ | Շ |
| . | ղ | Ղ |
| / | ծ | Ծ |
How the mapping behaves
- Mapping follows the physical key position, so the layout works the same on QWERTY, AZERTY and QWERTZ hardware and whatever language your system keyboard is set to.
- Shift selects the second layer: capital Armenian letters, and Armenian punctuation such as ։ ՞ ՜ « ».
- Numbers are available on the Eastern and Western layouts through the Shift layer of the number row, and always through the numeric keypad.
- Armenian punctuation uses the correct Unicode characters: ։ (U+0589), ՞ (U+055E), ՜ (U+055C), ՛ (U+055B), ՝ (U+055D), ֊ (U+058A) and the ligature և (U+0587).
- Ctrl/Cmd shortcuts such as copy, paste, select all, undo and redo keep working while you type.