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List of Latin-script alphabets

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Many European vernacular languages use the Latin alphabet as the basis for their writing systems. The Latin alphabet has evolved slightly through time to suit the languages that use it. Some Latin-derived alphabets are given below:

Basic Latin Alphabet

Alphabet A
a
B
b
C
c
D
d
E
e
F
f
G
g
H
h
I
i
J
j
K
k
L
l
M
m
N
n
O
o
P
p
Q
q
R
r
S
s
T
t
U
u
V
v
W
w
X
x
Y
y
Z
z
Latin A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V X Y Z
Albanian A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Y Z
Catalan A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Czech A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Y Z
Danish A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Dutch A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Z
English A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Esperanto A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Z
Estonian A B D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Z
Finnish A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
French A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
German A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Hungarian A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Z
Icelandic A B D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V X Y
Italian A B C D E F G H I L M N O P Q R S T U V Z
Łacinka A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Y Z
Maltese A B D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Z
Norwegian A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Polish A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U W Y Z
Portuguese A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Romanian A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V X Z
Scots Gaelic A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U
Slovenian A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Z
Spanish A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Swedish A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Y Z
Turkish A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Y Z
Vietnamese A B C D E G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Y
Walloon A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z
Welsh A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U W Y

Extended Latin Alphabet

The characters in the following tables may not all render, depending on operating system and user agent version and the presence or absence of Unicode fonts.

Letters based on A-I

Alphabet À
à
Á
á
Â
â
Ã
ã
Ä
ä
Å
å
Æ
æ
Ā
ā
Ă
ă
Ą
ą
Ç
ç
Ć
ć
Ĉ
ĉ
Ċ
ċ
Č
č
Ð
ð
Ď
ď
Đ
đ
È
è
É
é
Ê
ê
Ë
ë
Ē
ē
Ė
ė
Ę
ę
Ě
ě
Ə
ə
Ĝ
ĝ
Ğ
ğ
Ġ
ġ
Ģ
ģ
Ĥ
ĥ
Ħ
ħ
Ì
ì
Í
í
Î
î
Ï
ï
Ī
ī
Į
į
İ
i
I
ı
IJ
ij
Latin Æ
Albanian 1 Ç Ë
Azeri Ç Ə Ğ İ ı
Catalan 2 À Ç È É Í Ï
Czech 3 Á Č Ď É Ě Í
Danish Å Æ
Dutch IJ
Esperanto Ĉ Ĝ Ĥ
Estonian Ä
Finnish Ä Å
French À Â Ç È É Ê Ë Î Ï
German Ä
Hungarian 4 Á É Í
Icelandic Á Æ Ð É Í
Italian 5 À È É Ì
Łacinka 6 Ć Č
Latvian Ā Č Ē Ģ Ī
Lithuanian Ą Č Ė Ę Į
Maltese 7 Ċ Ġ Ħ
Norwegian Å Æ
Polish 8 Ą Ć Ę
Portuguese 9 À Á Â Ã Ç É Ê Í
Romanian  à Î
Scots Gaelic À È Ì
Slovenian Č
Spanish 10 Á É Í
Swedish Ä Å
Turkish Ç Ğ İ ı
Vietnamese 11 Â Ă Đ Ê
Walloon 12 Â Å Ç È É Ê Î
Welsh 13
À
à
Á
á
Â
â
Ã
ã
Ä
ä
Å
å
Æ
æ
Ā
ā
Ă
ă
Ą
ą
Ç
ç
Ć
ć
Ĉ
ĉ
Ċ
ċ
Č
č
Ð
ð
Ď
ď
Đ
đ
È
è
É
é
Ê
ê
Ë
ë
Ē
ē
Ė
ė
Ę
ę
Ě
ě
Ə
ə
Ĝ
ĝ
Ğ
ğ
Ġ
ġ
Ģ
ģ
Ĥ
ĥ
Ħ
ħ
Ì
ì
Í
í
Î
î
Ï
ï
Ī
ī
Į
į
İ
i
I
ı
IJ
ij

Letters based on J-Z

Alphabet Ĵ
ĵ
Ł
ł
Ñ
ñ
Ń
ń
Ň
ň
Ò
ò
Ó
ó
Ô
ô
Õ
õ
Ö
ö
Ø
ø
Ő
ő
Œ
œ
Ơ
ơ
Ř
ř
 
ß
Ś
ś
Ŝ
ŝ
Ş
ş
Š
š
Þ
þ
Ţ
ţ
Ť
ť
Ù
ù
Ú
ú
Û
û
Ü
ü
Ŭ
ŭ
Ů
ů
Ű
ű
Ư
ư
Ŵ
ŵ
Ý
ý
Ŷ
ŷ
Ź
ź
Ż
ż
Ž
ž
Latin Œ
Albanian 1
Azeri Ö Ş Ü
Catalan 2 Ò Ó Ú Ü
Czech 3 Ň Ó Ř Š Ť Ú Ů Ý Ž
Danish Ø
Dutch
Esperanto Ĵ Ŝ Ŭ
Estonian Õ Ö ? Ü ?
Finnish Ö
French Ô Œ Ù Û
German Ö ß Ü
Hungarian 4 Ó Ö Ő Ú Ü Ű
Icelandic Ó Ö Þ Ú
Italian 5 Ò Ù
Łacinka 7 Ł Ń Ś Š Ŭ Ź Ž
Maltese 6 Ż
Norwegian Ø
Polish 8 Ł Ń Ó Ś Ź Ż
Portuguese 9 Ó Ô Õ Ú Ü
Romanian Ş Ţ
Scots Gaelic Ò Ù
Slovenian Š Ž
Spanish 10 Ñ Ó Ú Ü
Swedish Ö
Turkish Ö Ş Ü
Vietnamese 11 Ô Ơ Ư
Walloon 12 Ô Û
Welsh 13 Ñ Ŵ Ŷ
Ĵ
ĵ
Ł
ł
Ñ
ñ
Ń
ń
Ň
ň
Ò
ò
Ó
ó
Ô
ô
Õ
õ
Ö
ö
Ø
ø
Ő
ő
Œ
œ
Ơ
ơ
Ř
ř
 
ß
Ś
ś
Ŝ
ŝ
Ş
ş
Š
š
Þ
þ
Ţ
ţ
Ť
ť
Ù
ù
Ú
ú
Û
û
Ü
ü
Ŭ
ŭ
Ů
ů
Ű
ű
Ư
ư
Ŵ
ŵ
Ý
ý
Ŷ
ŷ
Ź
ź
Ż
ż
Ž
ž

Notes

  1. Albanian also has the digraphs: dh, gj, ll, nj, rr, sh, th, xh, zh.
  2. Catalan also has the digraphs: ll, ny, l·l or ŀl or ɫɫ, rr, ss.
  3. Czech also has the digraph: ch.
  4. Hungarian also has the digraphs: cs, dz, gy, ly, ny, sz, ty, zs; and the trigraph: dzs.
  5. Italian also has the digraphs: ch, gh, gn, gl, sc.
  6. Łacinka also has the digraphs: dz, dź, dž.
  7. Maltese also has the digraph: għ.
  8. Polish also has the digraphs: ch, cz, dż, dź, sz, rz.
  9. Portuguese also has the digraphs: ch, lh, nh, qu, sc, xc, ss, rr.
  10. Spanish also has the digraphs: ch, ll.
  11. Vietnamese has tone markers that can go on top (or below) any of the vowels (a, â, ă, e, ê, i, o, ô, ơ, u, ư, y); eg: à, ầ, ằ, è, ề, ì, ò, ồ, ờ, ù, ừ, ỳ; ả, ẩ, ẳ, ẻ, ể, ỉ, ỏ, ổ, ở, ủ, ử, ỷ; ã, ẵ, ẫ, ẽ, ễ, ĩ, õ, ỗ, ỡ, ũ, ữ, ỹ; á, ấ, ắ, é, ế, í, ó, ố, ớ, ú, ứ, ý; ạ, ặ, ậ, ẹ, ệ, ị, ọ, ộ, ợ, ụ, ự, ỵ. It also uses the digraphs: ch, gi, kh, ng, nh, ph, th, tr.
  12. Walloon has the digraphs and trigraphs: ae, ch, dj, ea, jh, oe, oen, oi, sch, sh, tch, xh; the letter x is only used in xh digraph, the letter j is almost only used in dj and jh digraphs
  13. Welsh has the digraphs: ch, dd, ff, ng, ll, rh, th. Ñ is often written ng instead.

Other alphabets based on the Latin alphabet