The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135056   Message #3079108
Posted By: Artful Codger
20-Jan-11 - 10:18 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Entering special characters (moderated)
Subject: Tech: Special characters by language
Below are some language-specific charts of special characters. If there are important characters I've missed, please let me know.

Esperanto
Capital Small
Description Char Hex Escape Char Hex Escape
C-caret Ĉ 108 Ĉ ĉ 109 ĉ
G-caret Ĝ 11C Ĝ ĝ 11D ĝ
H-caret Ĥ 124 Ĥ ĥ 125 ĥ
J-caret Ĵ 134 Ĵ ĵ 135 ĵ
S-caret Ŝ 15C Ŝ ŝ 15D ŝ
U-breve Ŭ 16C Ŭ ŭ 16D ŭ


Irish, Gaelic and Welsh
Capital Small
Description Char Hex Escape Char Hex Escape
A-acute Á C1 Á / Á á E1 á / á
E-acute É C9 É / É é E9 é / é
I-acute Í CD Í / Í í ED í / í
O-acute Ó D3 Ó / Ó ó F3 ó / ó
U-acute Ú DA Ú / Ú ú FA ú / ú
A-grave À C0 À / À à E0 à / à
E-grave È C8 È / È è E8 è / è
I-grave Ì CC Ì / Ì ì EC ì / ì
O-grave Ò D2 Ò / Ò ò F2 ò / ò
U-grave Ù D9 Ù / Ù ù F9 ù / ù
W-grave 1E80 Ẁ 1E81 ẁ
Y-grave 1EF2 Ỳ 1EF3 ỳ
A-circumflex  C2  /  â E2 â / â
E-circumflex Ê CA Ê / Ê ê EA ê / ê
I-circumflex Î CE Î / Î î EE î / î
O-circumflex Ô D4 Ô / Ô ô F4 ô / ô
U-circumflex Û DB Û / Û û FB û / û
W-circumflex Ŵ 174 Ŵ ŵ 175 ŵ
Y-circumflex Ŷ 176 Ŷ ŷ 177 ŷ
B-dot 1E02 Ḃ 1E03 ḃ
C-dot Ċ 10A Ċ ċ 10B ċ
D-dot 1E0A Ḋ 1E0B ḋ
F-dot 1E1E Ḟ 1E1F ḟ
G-dot Ġ 120 Ġ ġ 121 ġ
M-dot 1E40 Ṁ 1E41 ṁ
P-dot 1E56 Ṗ 1E57 ṗ
S-dot 1E60 Ṡ 1E61 ṡ
T-dot 1E6A Ṫ 1E6B ṫ
long r -- -- -- ɼ 27C ɼ
long s -- -- -- ſ 17F ſ
long s-dot -- -- -- 1E9B ẛ
Tironian et
(7-agus)
-- -- -- 204A ⁊


Czech and Slovak
Capital Small
Description Char Escape Char Escape
A-acute Á Á / Á á á / á
A-umlaut Ä Ä / Ä ä ä / ä
C-caron Č Č č č
D-caron Ď Ď ď ď
Dz DZ
Dz
DZ
Dz
dz dz
Dz-caron DŽ
Dž
DŽ
Dž
dž dž
E-acute É É / É é é / é
E-caron Ě Ě ě ě
I-acute Í Í / Í í í / í
L-acute Ĺ Ĺ ĺ ĺ
L-caron Ľ Ľ ľ ľ
N-caron Ň Ň ň ň
O-acute Ó Ó / Ó ó ó / ó
O-circumflex Ô Ô / Ô ô ô / ô
R-acute Ŕ Ŕ ŕ ŕ
R-caron Ř Ř ř ř
S-caron Š Š / Š š š / š
T-caron Ť Ť ť ť
U-acute Ú Ú / Ú ú ú / ú
U-circle Ů Ů ů ů
Y-acute Ý Ý / Ý ý ý / ý
Z-caron Ž Ž ž ž

Acute = čárka, caron = haček, circle = kroužek. For tall letters, haček (caron) often appears as an apostrophe on the right (an indivisible part of the letter).

The digraph "ch" is treated as a single letter, lying between H and I alphabetically, and sorting accordingly (for instance, in dictionaries and name lists). But it is spelled with two letters, as in English. Dz and dž are also commonly spelled with letter pairs.

Polish
Capital Small
Description Char Escape Char Escape
A-ogonek (tail) Ą Ą ą ą
C-kreska (acute) Ć Ć ć ć
E-ogonek Ę Ę ę ę
L-slash Ł Ł ł ł
N-kreska Ń Ń ń ń
O-kreska Ó Ó / Ó ó ó / ó
S-kreska Ś Ś ś ś
Z-kreska Ź Ź ź ź
Z-kropka (dot) Ż Ż ż ż

Polish alphabet:
a ą b c ć d e ę f g h i j k l ł m n ń o ó p r s ś t u w y z ź ż ch ci cz dz dzi dź dż ni rz si sz szcz zi