Alphabets derived from the Latin
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:| Table of contents |
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2 Extended Latin Alphabet 3 Other alphabets based on the 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 |
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| 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 | 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 | ||||
| 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 |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | 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 table may not all render, depending on operating system and user agent version and the presence or absence of Unicode fonts.
| Alphabet | ÃÂàÃÂæ | ÃÂàÃÂø | Œ œ | ÃÂàÃÂá | ÃÂàÃÂà| ÃÂàÃÂä | Ą ą | ÃÂÃÂ
ÃÂÃÂ¥ | Ă ă | ÃÂàÃÂâ | ÃÂàÃÂç | Ĉ ĉ | Ć ć | Č č | Ę ę | ÃÂàÃÂé | ÃÂàÃÂè | Ě ě | ÃÂàÃÂë | Ĝ ĝ | Ĥ ĥ | ÃÂàÃÂï | ÃÂàÃÂà| ÃÂàÃÂì | ÃÂàÃÂî | Ĵ ĵ | Ł ł | ÃÂàÃÂñ | Ń ń | Ň ň | ÃÂàÃÂö | ÃÂàÃÂó | ÃÂàÃÂò | Ř ř | Ess-tsett>ÃÂà| Ŝ ŝ | Ś ś | Š š | Ş ş | Ť ť | Ţ ţ | Ŭ ŭ | ÃÂàÃÂü | ÃÂàÃÂú | ÃÂàÃÂù | Ů ů | YÃÂô yÃÂô | IJ ij | Ž ž | Ź ź | Ż ż |
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| Latin | ÃÂà| Œ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian 1 | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalan 2 | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czech 3 | ÃÂà| ÃÂà| Ě | ÃÂà| Ň | ÃÂà| Ř | Š | Ť | ÃÂà| Ů | YÃÂô | Ž | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danish | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dutch | IJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Esperanto | Ĉ | Ĝ | Ĥ | Ĵ | Ŝ | Ŭ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finnish | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French | Œ | ÃÂà| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italian | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Łacinka 4 | Ć | Č | Ł | Ń | Ś | Š | Ŭ | Ž | Ź | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norwegian | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Polish 5 | Ą | Ć | Ę | Ł | Ń | ÃÂÃÂ | Ś | Ź | Ż | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portuguese 6 | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romanian | Ă | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | Ş | Ţ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scots Gaelic | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spanish | ÃÂÃÂ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swedish | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ÃÂÃÂ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Welsh 7 | ÃÂÃÂ |
- Notes:
- Albanian also has the digraphss: dh, gj, ll, nj, rr, sh, th, xh, zh.
- Catalan also has the digraphs: ll, ny, lÃÂ÷l or ɫɫ, rr, ss
- Czech also has the digraph: ch
- Łacinka also has the digraphs: dz, dź, dž
- Polish also has the digraphs: ch, cz, dż, dź, sz, rz
- Portuguese also has the digraphs: ch, lh, nh, qu, sc, xc, ss, rr
- Welsh has the digraphs: ch, dd, ff, ng, ll, rh, th. ÃÂÃÂ is often written ng instead.