Try Avar IME

Type Avar in your browser with the same keyboard, letter variants and word predictions as the Windows IME. Nothing to install.

What to type

Use an English or Russian keyboard layout, and turn off the installed Avar IME if you have it.

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How Avar IME works
Keyboard
  • Letters sit where they are on the Russian ЙЦУКЕН layout, so an English layout works too.
  • You can also click the on-screen keys with the mouse.
  • In the text to copy, Ӏ is shown in red so it is not mistaken for I or l.
Punctuation, as on the Russian layout:
. /* , Shift+/* - - ! Shift+1 " Shift+2 ; Shift+4 : Shift+6 ? Shift+7 ( ) Shift+9 0
* the key to the left of the right Shift
Letter variants

Many Avar letters are written with two characters, such as гъ, кӀ or лъ. Keys with a red dot (г к х л т ц ч с) open a list of them.

  • Press the number of the letter you need, or click it. ↑ and ↓ move through the list.
  • To keep the plain letter, just keep typing (or press Esc).
  • You can also type ъ, ь and Ӏ yourself, as usual.
Word suggestions

While you type a word, the list shows whole words that begin with it. After a space it suggests the next word.

  • Press the word's number, click it, or press Tab for the first suggestion.
  • Esc closes the list. If you don't need a suggestion, just keep typing.
Shortcut: type without ъ, ь and Ӏ

You don't have to choose the letter variants. Type the plain letters, and the suggestions also include words with гъ, кӀ, лъ and the rest:

гамма → гӀамма · цум → цӀум

Pick the word by its number or with Tab, and the right letters are put in for you. This works for up to three such letters in one word.

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