Type in Welsh

Welsh uses the Latin alphabet with additional accent marks that aren't found on standard English keyboards. This tool makes it easy to type in Welsh with all the proper accents.

Welsh primarily uses the circumflex accent (^) on vowels to indicate a long vowel sound:

• Â/â - long "a" sound
• Ê/ê - long "e" sound
• Î/î - long "i" sound
• Ô/ô - long "o" sound
• Û/û - long "u" sound
• Ŵ/ŵ - long "w" sound (Welsh treats "w" as a vowel)
• Ŷ/ŷ - long "y" sound

The circumflex accent (called "to bach" or "little roof" in Welsh) is used to distinguish between words that would otherwise be spelled the same. For example, "tan" means "until," while "tân" means "fire."

Welsh also uses the diaeresis (¨) occasionally, but it's not as common as the circumflex. The diaeresis is used to indicate that two vowels should be pronounced separately rather than as a diphthong, such as in "copïo" (to copy).

Simply click on the character you need to insert it into your text. You can then copy and paste your text into any application that supports Unicode text.