Every stack, key by key
A stack like སྐྱ is three keys on Mac Wylie: S, then K, then Y. The coach shows each step, the key to press and the finger to use.
K · Right middle finger
PracticeFree Tibetan typing course
བོད་ཡིག་ཡིག་འཇུག་སྦྱོང་བ།Learn to type Tibetan.
From the first letter to whole stories, step by step. For every age — at home, at work and at school.
- Free
- No account
- Windows (PRC), Mac, Keyman, Monlam
ཀka
ཁkha
གga
ངnga
ཅca
ཆcha
ཇja
ཉnya
ཏta
ཐtha
དda
ནna
པpa
ཕpha
བba
མma
ཙtsa
ཚtsha
ཛdza
ཝwa
ཞzha
ཟza
འ'a
ཡya
རra
ལla
ཤsha
སsa
ཧha
ཨa
For every age
Learn side by side.
Children, students, parents and grandparents all start at ཀ and go at their own pace — at home, at work and at school.
How it works
Three steps, at your own pace. Your progress stays on your computer.
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Set up your keyboard
First add a free Tibetan keyboard to your computer. Then the site finds it: Windows, Mac, Keyman or Monlam.
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Learn step by step
44 lessons from ཀ to long stacks. Every stack is shown key by key.
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Earn your certificate
Pass every lesson with 95% accuracy. Free, with your own certificate number.
For schools
Bring your class.
A free teacher area: one class code, pupils' progress, homework and reports. Pupils need only a first name.
My classClass code TIB-7K2
What makes it special
Built for the way Tibetan is written: letters stack, and every keyboard types them differently.
All Tibetan keyboards
Practise on the keyboard you already use.
- Windows Tibetan (PRC)
- Mac Tibetan – Wylie
- Keyman EWTS
- Monlam
Games that teach
Practise the keys in short games.
See your progress
Charts, badges and a daily goal.
Questions and answers
Do I need to install a Tibetan keyboard?
Mac: the Tibetan keyboard is built in; switch it on in System Settings › Keyboard › Input Sources. Windows: add the Tibetan language in Settings › Time & language, then choose “Tibetan (PRC) – Updated”. You can also use Keyman (EWTS) or Monlam. The Keyboard setup page shows every step and has a test box.
Is it free? Do I need an account?
Yes, it is free, with no account, no email and no password.
Where is my progress saved?
In this browser on this computer. Keep using the same laptop or computer and do not clear the browser data. Pupils in a class are also saved with their class and can continue on another computer with their personal code.
How do I get the certificate?
Pass all 44 lessons with at least 95% accuracy, typed to the end. There is no speed minimum. Then add your name, date of birth and country to get your free certificate with its own number. Under 16? Ask a parent or teacher first.
Can I use a phone or tablet?
Tibetan Type Lab is made for laptops and computers with a keyboard.
Type your first Tibetan letter — right now
Your keyboard:
Mac Tibetan – WyliepressK
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བོད་ཡིག་ཡིག་འཇུག་སྦྱོང་བ།
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One letter. Then a whole story.
Your path from the first Tibetan letters to fluent practice.
The Tibetan typing course
བོད་ཡིག་ཡིག་འཇུག་སྦྱོང་བ།
Learn to type Tibetan: letters, vowels, stacks and original Tibetan passages.
44guided lessons
How to sit, where your fingers rest and how to practise well. About 3 minutes.
Games
Lessons from teachers
Extra practice. Not part of the course or the certificate.Read. Type. Discover.
Stories & articles.
Choose a Tibetan text for your next practice.
Every session counts
Your progress.
Small steps, growing confidence.
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Set up in about five minutes
Get your computer ready for Tibetan.
Tibetan input for Mac and Windows.
- Nothing to download. Mac and Windows already include a Tibetan keyboard and Tibetan fonts.
- This website brings its own Tibetan font, so Tibetan always shows correctly here.
- You switch it on once. After that, one key press changes between English and Tibetan.
Your Mac already has the Tibetan keyboard. You only switch it on.
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Open System Settings
Click the Apple menu in the top-left corner of the screen, then System Settings.
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Open Keyboard
In the list on the left, scroll down and click Keyboard.
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Edit your input sources
Under Text Input, next to Input Sources, click Edit.
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Add the Tibetan keyboard
Click the + button at the bottom left. Type Tibetan in the search box, choose Tibetan – Wylie, then click Add.
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Show the keyboard menu
In the same window, switch on Show Input menu in menu bar, then click Done.
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Switch between English and Tibetan
Press Control and Space together, or the globe key. You can also click the keyboard menu at the top right of the screen and choose Tibetan – Wylie.
ControlSpace
How stacks work: letters typed one after another join into a stack (སྐ is S K). Press A to keep the next letter from stacking: དལ is D A L. Each letter appears when you press the next key.
Windows 10 and 11 already have the Tibetan keyboard and the Tibetan font Microsoft Himalaya. You only switch them on.
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Open Settings
Click the Start button, then Settings. Or press the Windows key and I together.
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Open Language & region
Click Time & language, then Language & region.
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Add the Tibetan language
Click Add a language. Type Tibetan in the search box, choose it, click Next, then Install. Windows needs a minute and an internet connection for this.
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Add the Tibetan keyboard
Next to Tibetan, click the three dots, then Language options. Under Keyboards, click Add a keyboard and choose Tibetan (PRC) – Updated.
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Switch between English and Tibetan
Press the Windows key and Space together and choose Tibetan. You can also click ENG at the bottom right of the screen.
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School or office computer? Adding a language can need an administrator. Ask the person who looks after the computers.
Already know Wylie? Keyman turns Wylie spelling into Tibetan, on Mac and Windows. It needs a download.
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Download Keyman
Keyman is free. Download it from keyman.com and install it like any other program.
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Switch to it
Choose Tibetan EWTS in the keyboard menu: on Windows with the Windows key and Space, on a Mac with Control and Space.
Monlam Bodyig is a free Tibetan keyboard by Monlam for Mac and Windows. Every Tibetan letter has its own key. It needs a download.
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Download Monlam Bodyig
Open Monlam's download page and choose the file for your computer, Windows or Mac. Download Monlam only from this page: copies on other websites can be unsafe.
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Install it
Open the downloaded file and follow the steps. If a Mac says the file cannot be opened, open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway.
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Add the Monlam keyboard
On Windows, installing adds it to your keyboards. On a Mac, open System Settings, then Keyboard. Next to Input Sources, click Edit, then the + button. Find Monlam (it can be under Others) and click Add.
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Switch to it
On Windows, press the Windows key and Space. On a Mac, press Control and Space. Choose Monlam, then choose Monlam - Bodyig in the Keyboard menu on the practice page.
WindowsSpaceControlSpace
How stacks work: Press A, then a letter: that letter is written underneath.
School or office computer? Installing a keyboard can need an administrator. Ask the person who looks after the computers.
Test it
Switch to the Tibetan keyboard, click the box and type a few letters.
Keyboard stickers to print
Print at 100% on A4 and cut along the dashed lines.
Use the stickers for your first weeks, then try typing without looking.
Tibetan fonts for Word and other programs
- Windows 10 and 11: no download needed. The Tibetan font Microsoft Himalaya is built in.
- Mac: no download needed. The Tibetan font Kailasa is built in.
- Windows 7 and 8: download a font below, or Tibetan shows as empty boxes.
You can also download one for clearer, larger Tibetan in Word.
Noto Serif Tibetan is the font of this website (recommended). Jomolhari has a classic book style.
Windows: right-click the file and choose Install. Mac: double-click the file and choose Install Font.
Both are free fonts under the SIL Open Font License: Noto Serif Tibetan licence · Jomolhari licence
Keyboard ready? Learn how to sit and where your fingers rest before your first lesson.
Something not working?
I see English letters when I type
Your computer is still on the English keyboard. On a Mac press Control and Space, on Windows press the Windows key and Space, and choose Tibetan.
I can’t find Tibetan in the list
Type Tibetan in the search box instead of scrolling. On Windows, also check that Windows is up to date in Settings, Windows Update.
Other programs show empty boxes instead of Tibetan
The Tibetan font is built in on Mac and on Windows 10 and 11. Restart the program after switching on Tibetan. On this website Tibetan always shows, because it brings its own font.
On an older computer, download a free Tibetan font under “Tibetan fonts for Word and other programs” on this page.
The letters don’t join into stacks
That is how stacking works: letters typed one after another join together, and A keeps them apart. The practice page shows you every key to press.
Which keyboard should I choose?
On a Mac, Tibetan – Wylie. On Windows, Tibetan (PRC) – Updated. If you already know Wylie, Keyman Tibetan EWTS works on both. Then choose the same keyboard in the Keyboard menu on the practice page.
Apple Wylie and Keyman EWTS spell the letters the same way, but some symbol keys are different. This site accepts Tibetan typed with any Tibetan keyboard.
Learn together
Classroom
Free classes for schools and teachers. Pupils join with a class code: no email, no password.
- Progress, homework, reports
- Up to 40 pupils per class; more on request
How the classroom works
The teacher sets up the class once. Then pupils join with the class code and practise.
For teachers
Register once, then follow your class in the teacher area.
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Register your class
Give your school, your name, the class name and your email. It is free.
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Get your codes
Tibetan Events sends you the class code for your pupils and your own teacher key by email.
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Open the teacher area
Sign in with your teacher key. Add pupils, or show the class code on the board.
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Follow and guide
See each pupil's progress, give homework, choose texts, print a report or download a CSV.
For pupils
No email, no password. Only the class code from your teacher.
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Join with the class code
Type the class code from your teacher, your first name and the first letter of your last name.
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Keep your personal code
You get your own code. Write it down to continue on another computer.
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Practise
Your practice is saved with your class, and your teacher sees your progress. Your homework shows here on the Classroom page.
Questions from teachers
Is it free?
Yes, for every school and teacher.
What do pupils need?
Only a first name and the first letter of the last name. No email, no password, no account.
How many pupils can a class have?
Up to 40 pupils per class; more on request. A teacher can have several classes.
I lost my teacher key.
Use “Lost your key?” on the teacher sign-in page. Tibetan Events sends you a new one.
Is my pupils' information safe?
We keep only the first name and one letter, and the practice results. No ads, no tracking. Privacy
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Extra practice
Falling letters
Letters fall from the sky. Type each one before it reaches the mountains.
- Type the letter with its tsheg ་ to catch it.
- It gets faster level by level. A letter that lands puts out a lamp.
- Esc pauses the game.
Games do not count for lessons, the daily goal or the certificate.
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For testers
Keyboard test.
Type each line with Monlam Bodyig. The page records what every key types.
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Your information
Privacy.
Last updated: 17 October 2026
What Tibetan Type Lab keeps, why, and how you stay in control. In plain English.
Who we are
Tibetan Type Lab is a free website for learning to type Tibetan and part of Tibetan Events. It is run by the volunteer team of Tibetan Events Worldwide (“we”), with team members in Switzerland and the United States, for learners, schools and families everywhere in the world. It is not a registered organisation or company. You can reach us at info@tibetanevents.com.
We follow the privacy laws that apply to our users, including the Swiss Data Protection Act, the EU and UK GDPR and US state laws such as the California CCPA. We keep as little as possible, never sell data and never use advertising or tracking.
Practising without an account
You can use the whole course without signing up. Your lessons, speed, streak, settings and chosen keyboard are saved only in your own browser on your computer. They are not sent to us.
- If you use another computer or browser, you start from the beginning there.
- You can delete this information at any time with Clear progress on the My progress page, or by deleting this website’s data in your browser settings.
Counting learners (no name)
When you finish a practice session, your browser sends us:
- a random number (made by your browser; for pupils in a class it is kept with the class, so it is the same on every computer; it says nothing about who you are),
- how many lessons you have passed,
- the date you started and the date you last practised.
We use this only to count how many people are learning and how many finish the course. It contains no name, no email and no other personal details.
Your certificate
When you finish all lessons, you can ask for a certificate. For this we ask for:
- your name, as it should appear on the certificate,
- your date of birth, so we can tell apart people with the same name (it is never printed on the certificate or the cards),
- your country.
We also keep the certificate number, the date you finished, your best speed and your average accuracy.
Why: to create your certificate and to confirm that a certificate number is real.
Legal basis: your consent, which you give with the tick box in the form. You can withdraw it at any time.
You can correct your details yourself with Edit my details in the certificate window, or ask us to change or delete them.
Sharing on Instagram (only if you agree)
In the certificate form there is a separate, optional tick box: “Tibetan Events may show my name, country and result on Instagram.” Only if you tick it may we post your course card (name, country, best speed, accuracy and certificate number) on our Instagram account @tibetanevents. Your date of birth is never shown. You can withdraw this permission at any time by writing to us, and we will remove the post.
Classes (if your teacher uses Tibetan Type Lab)
If you join a class with a class code from your teacher, we keep:
- your first name and the first letter of your last name (no full last name, no email, no password),
- a personal code, so you can continue on another computer,
- your practice in this class: lessons passed, practice time, speed, accuracy and the letters you often miss.
Who sees it: only the teacher of your class. Other pupils see only the total number of syllables the class typed, never names or results. A certificate of a pupil in a class also shows the school and teacher name.
Why: so your teacher can follow and help your learning. The school or teacher decides to use classes and is responsible for telling pupils and parents.
Deleting: you can leave the class at any time on the Classroom page; this deletes your name and class practice. Your teacher can also remove you, and everything is deleted when the class is deleted. For teachers we keep their name, school, email, when they first opened the teacher area, and the texts and homework they add. Teachers can allow Tibetan Events to share a text for everyone; it is then published with the school’s name.
Class registration: when a school registers a class, we keep the school name, teacher’s name, class name and email to set up the class and to email the teacher key and class code. We use the email only for this and for messages about the class. The registration itself is deleted when the teacher first signs in, or when we decline it; the teacher’s details are deleted when the teacher is removed. A class requested in the teacher area uses the teacher’s saved name, school and email. When a teacher puts several classes under one key, we keep one teacher entry and delete the others. When a teacher asks for a new key, we keep the name, email, class code (and school) they type until we have answered. The school and teacher name printed on a pupil’s certificate stay with that certificate, also after the pupil leaves the class or the teacher is removed.
To stop people guessing class codes or flooding our forms, we briefly keep a scrambled form of the internet address of wrong code attempts, class registrations, lost-key requests and texts sent for the library (deleted after one day).
Sending a text for the library
When you send a story or article with Add a text, we keep the title, the text, the author, your name, your email and the date. Why: so Tibetan Events can read the text, decide whether to add it to the library and reply to you. Your email is required: we use it only to reply to you and to limit how many texts one person sends (two a day). It is never shown on the website. If we add your text, its title, author and your name (as “Added by”) are shown in the library and in Text credits. Texts we decline are deleted after 30 days.
Share cards
The result cards and course cards are made in your own browser. Nothing is sent to us when you make or download a card. If you choose to share a card on Instagram, WhatsApp or another app, that app’s own privacy rules apply.
Where your information is stored
The website and its database run on the servers of Cloudflare, Inc. Cloudflare stores the certificate details and the learner count on our behalf and may also process technical information that every website visit needs, such as your IP address, for security and to deliver the pages. Cloudflare’s servers can be outside Switzerland and the EU. Cloudflare protects such transfers with the safeguards required by Swiss and EU data protection law.
We do not use advertising networks, tracking or analytics tools, and we do not set cookies. Fonts and icons come from our own website.
Upcoming events and sponsors
The site shows upcoming events from tibetanevents.com. Our server fetches the list of events. The event pictures are loaded from tibetanevents.com, so, like any website visit, tibetanevents.com receives technical information such as your IP address; the privacy page of tibetanevents.com applies to that. Some places on the site may show a sponsor’s logo with a link. If you click it, you leave our website and the sponsor’s own privacy rules apply.
How long we keep information
- Certificate details: as long as it should be possible to check your certificate, or until you ask us to delete them.
- Anonymous learner count: we delete entries with no practice for 24 months.
- Class information: until you leave the class, your teacher removes you, or the class is deleted.
- Texts sent for the library: declined texts are deleted after 30 days; texts we add stay as long as they are in the library, or until you ask us to delete them.
- Information in your browser: until you delete it.
Children
Children under 16 should ask a parent, guardian or teacher before filling in the certificate form.
Your rights
You can ask us at any time to:
- show you what information we have about you,
- correct it,
- delete it,
- stop using it (withdraw your consent).
Write to info@tibetanevents.com. We answer within 30 days.
Wherever you live, you can also complain to the data protection authority of your country (in Switzerland the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, FDPIC).
Changes
We may update this page; the current version is always here, with the date at the top. See also our Terms of use.
The simple rules
Terms of use.
Last updated: 17 October 2026
By using Tibetan Type Lab you agree to these terms. They are written to be short and fair.
Who we are
Tibetan Type Lab is part of Tibetan Events. It is run by the volunteer team of Tibetan Events Worldwide, with team members in Switzerland and the United States, for learners, schools and families everywhere in the world. It is not a registered organisation or company. Contact: info@tibetanevents.com.
Using Tibetan Type Lab
- Tibetan Type Lab is free. You need no account to practise.
- We may change or improve the course and its features at any time.
- Your progress is saved in your own browser. If you clear it or change computer, it may be lost.
Classes and teachers
- Teachers and schools register classes for free. Keep your teacher key private: anyone with the key can open your classes.
- Pupils join with a class code and only their first name and the first letter of their last name.
- A teacher may only add another teacher’s class with that teacher’s name and key, and with their permission.
Texts you send
- Only send texts you wrote or are allowed to share. Do not copy other people’s work without permission.
- When we add your text to the library, everyone may practise with it. Its author and your name are shown in Text credits.
- We decide which texts we add, and we may correct or remove them.
Be respectful
No hateful, violent, sexual or illegal content, no bullying, no spam, and no content that targets real people. We may remove texts or classes that break these rules.
Certificates
A certificate shows that the course was finished on this website. Please give your real name. We may cancel a certificate that was made dishonestly.
No guarantees
We work hard to keep Tibetan Type Lab running and correct, but we cannot promise it is always available or free of mistakes. As far as the law allows, we are not liable for damage caused by using Tibetan Type Lab.
Questions and complaints
If you have a question or a complaint, write to info@tibetanevents.com and we will sort it out by email. The consumer protection rules of your own country always apply and are not limited by these terms.
Changes
We may update these terms at any time; the current version is always on this page. See also our Privacy policy.