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Android: Add a Keyboard Language to Gboard

Typing a second language on your Android phone gets messy fast if only one keyboard language is installed. Autocorrect keeps swapping words to the wrong language and the layout does not match what you actually need. Gboard can hold several languages at once, but each one has to be added manually before the language-switch key or a long press on the space bar can jump between them.

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Add a Keyboard Language auf Android

If your Android keyboard only offers one language, every foreign word gets flagged, autocorrected, or replaced with something you did not type. Gboard fixes this by letting you install several keyboard languages side by side. Once a language is added, you switch between layouts with the language-switch key on the keyboard row or by holding down the space bar.

Each installed language gets its own word suggestions and autocorrect dictionary. That means switching to a second language does not just change the letters on the keys, it also changes what Gboard predicts and corrects while you type.

Menu path

SettingsSystemKeyboardOn-screen keyboardGboardLanguagesAdd keyboard ➔ choose the language you need ➔ Done.

After confirming, the new language appears in your active keyboard list right away, no restart needed. If you regularly type in a language with a different alphabet or a lot of special characters, check whether Gboard offers a matching layout variant on the same screen before finishing.

Adding a language does not remove or replace your existing keyboard setup. If you find yourself switching constantly and losing track of which language is active, it can help to remove languages you rarely use from the same Languages screen instead of adding more.

Frequently asked questions

Tap the small globe or language icon on the keyboard row, or press and hold the space bar and slide to pick a language. Both shortcuts only show up once at least two languages are active under Languages.