Installing a keyboard language enables you to type all the popular languages spoken around the world. Nearly all platforms including Windows, macOS, Chrome OS, iOS, and Android allow you to install additional keyboard languages.
Once you’ve added a language, you can toggle amongst all the available languages on your device.You can uninstall a keyboard language if you don’t intend to use it anymore.
How to Install a Keyboard Language on Windows 10
Microsoft offers several languages to install on your Windows 10 PC using the chaw app.
- Xovxwm lub qhov rais + I keys simultaneously to open the Chaw App.
- xaiv Sijhawm & Lus.
- xaiv lus, from the left sidebar.
- Scroll down the right pane to the Cov lus nyiam seem.
- xaiv Ntxiv ib hom lus nyob rau hauv seem no.
- Choose the keyboard language you wish to add and select Tom ntej no nyob hauv qab.
- Select the extra language features to enable them. Then, select Nruab.
- Once the selected language is installed, you can switch to it using various language switching methods. On the Language page in Settings, click on keyboard.
9. In the drop down list, go ahead and select your new language for the keyboard input.
- You can also click on the language under Nthuav Cov Lus thiab nias rau Options to install more features for your language like additional keyboards, if they exist.
- To remove a keyboard language, repeat steps 1-3 listed above to reach the Language screen, select the language and choose tshem tawm.
How to Install a Keyboard Language on macOS
Follow the steps below to install and use a keyboard language on macOS.
- Select the Apple logo at the top-left corner of your Mac’s screen and choose Kev Xaiv Tsev.
- xaiv lub keyboard kev xaiv.
- xaiv lub Cov chaw tawm tswv yim tab nyob rau hauv Keyboard settings screen to view a list of currently installed keyboard languages.
- xaiv + (Add) at the bottom of the list, to add a new language.
- Select the language you’d like to add, from the left sidebar.
- Select an input source on the right for your language, and then select Ntxiv nyob hauv qab.
- You’re now back to the Input Sources screen. Enable the Qhia cov ntawv qhia zaub mov hauv kab ntawv qhia zaub mov option to switch between languages using your Mac’s menu bar.
- To remove an installed language, select that language in the list and select the Remove (-) kev xaiv nyob rau hauv qab ntawm daim ntawv.
How to Install a Keyboard Language on Chromebook
Chrome OS-based devices like Chromebook also let you add and use multiple keyboard languages.
- Select the time at the lower-right corner of your screen and select chaw (the gear icon ⚙).
- In the left panel, click the Advanced drop-down and select Hom lus thiab kev nkag.
- Xaiv cov kev xaiv uas hais tias Manage input methods, nyob rau sab lauj sab xis.
- xaiv Ntxiv cov txheej txheem nkag to add a new keyboard language.
- Choose the keyboard language you’d like to install and select Ntxiv.
- Your newly installed language should say Enabled next to it. This means it’s now usable on your Chromebook.
You may now open a text document on your Chromebook and use the new language to write in it.
How to Install a Keyboard Language on iPhone
Apple makes it easy to add a keyboard language to your iPhone. You have several languages to choose from, each with their own keyboard layout.
- Tua tawm lub chaw app rau koj iPhone.
- kais General > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard.
- Click on the language from the list to install the language keyboard
- Select the keyboard layout for your chosen language and tap ua li cas ntawm sab saum toj ntawm txoj cai.
- To remove an installed language, tap Kho kom raug neeg nyob rau saum kaum sab xis ntawm lub Twj remote controls screen. Tap the Remove (-) sign beside the language you want to remove, and then select Rho tawm.
How to Install a Keyboard Language on Android
While most Android devices use Gboard, you don’t necessarily need to use this keyboard app to write in multiple languages. Nearly all keyboard apps have the option to install an additional language, and the procedure to do that is pretty much the same as the Gboard procedure.
Since Gboard is the most commonly used keyboard app, here we’ll show you how to install a language in this keyboard app.
- qhib lub chaw app on your Android device. To do this, either pull down from the top of your screen and select the cog icon, or open the app drawer and select chaw.
- Scroll tag nrho cov cia thiab coj mus rhaub system.
- kais Lus & Cov Lus Qhia nyob rau nram qab no screen.
- xaiv virtual keyboard thiab xaiv Gboard los ntawm daim ntawv teev npe.
- Select the first option that says lus.
- kais Add Keyboard at the bottom to install a new keyboard language.
- Select the language you’d like to use on your device.
- On the following screen, choose the keyboard type you’d like to have for your selected language. Select ua li cas nyob rau hauv qab-sab xis.
- You can switch to your newly added language the next time you use Gboard.
- To remove an installed language, tap the pencil icon at the top-right corner of the lus screen. Choose the language you wish to remove and tap the delete icon at the top-right corner.
Nco ntsoov: The methods above install a keyboard language that you can only type in and not a system language on your devices.