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How to type in Greek

Your computer and your phone already have a Greek keyboard. It only needs turning on, and here's how on each, plus how to put the accent on a vowel.

Typing a word yourself is part of learning it: you remember what you've had to spell, accent included. AnimeLang doesn't transliterate, so this is the first ten minutes of the course.

On a Mac

• Open System Settings › Keyboard, then Text Input › Edit.
• Click +, search for Greek and add Greek.
• Switch with Control-Space, or from the input menu in the menu bar. To use the 🌐 key instead, set Keyboard › “Press 🌐 key to” › Change Input Source.

On Windows 11

• Open Settings › Time & language › Language & region.
• Next to Preferred languages, choose Add a language, pick Greek, then Next and Install. Its keyboard is Greek.
• Switch with Windows key + Space.

On an iPhone or iPad

• Go to Settings › General › Keyboard › Keyboards › Add New Keyboard and choose Greek.
• To switch, touch and hold the 🌐 key and pick the keyboard.

On Android

• With the keyboard open, tap Settings › Languages › Add keyboard in Gboard, pick Greek and tap Done.
• To switch, touch and hold the space bar.

Accents and the rest

The Greek layout works the same way on a Mac and on Windows:

• The accent: press ; and then the vowel. ; then α gives ά.
• The diaeresis: press Shift-; and then ι or υ, for ϊ and ϋ.
• Both at once: press Shift-W and then ι or υ, for ΐ and ΰ.
• Final sigma ς is on W, and the Q key types the Greek question mark, which looks like ;.

From Apple's, Microsoft's and Google's own help: Mac, Windows, iPhone, Gboard, and Windows keyboard layouts.