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GUIDE: Special latin characters within Europe(files.catbox.moe)

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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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Is there a higher resolution version of this?

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Servais@dormi.zoneOP
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Are you viewing this version? Sometimes preview links get funky

https://files.catbox.moe/4t2rzv.png

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luciole (he/him)@beehaw.org
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Oh thank the gods for UTF-8

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zaphod@sopuli.xyz
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That’s just the encoding, you want to thank unicode.

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db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Greek be like “Μην τολμήσεις να πείς οτι χρησιμοποιούμε Λατινικά!”

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Successful_Try543@feddit.de
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The Griko people in southern Italy use Latin alphabet though.

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db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Our long-lost cousins!

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Successful_Try543@feddit.de
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BTW, did you know the name of the German state Bavaria, was changed from Baiern to Bayern in 1825, as king Ludwig considered himself a philhellenist, a big fan of Greece and Greek culture, and the letter ‘y’ being perceived as especially Greek character.

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rustyfish@lemmy.world
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Team ß 😎

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KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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Spain isn’t highlighted for any of á, é, í, ó, ú. Any other mistakes people notice?

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AItoothbrush@lemmy.zip
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Second row middle

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Maestro@fedia.io
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The Netherlands should be highlighted for ë but isn’t

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hyves@feddit.nl
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ï, ö, ü, ä as well (as a diaeresis, not an umlaut)

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EddoWagt@feddit.nl
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I can’t think of any examples using those

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Bob@feddit.nl
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And for à, as in “30 à 50 wilde varkens”.

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oktoberpaard@feddit.nl
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Also é and è: crème, café, etc. Words that originate from France, but they’re used in the Netherlands as well. We also use the accent aigu for emphasis. Also ê for maîtresse, crêpe, etc.

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Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
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Or just greeting someone with “hé daar!”

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hOrni@lemmy.world
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All Polish letters are included. But I don’t understand, why a small piece of the ocean is marked along with Poland in “Ż”.

Edit: I checked, it’s Malta.

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Johandea@feddit.nu
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Swedish uses é

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AItoothbrush@lemmy.zip
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I think it excludes it because é is only used in words from french and not swedish words.

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Johandea@feddit.nu
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But some words aren’t spelt with é in French. Tupé (toupee) is spelt toupet in French. The word is a loanword, but the letter isn’t.

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thomas_h_bombadil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Ireland should be highlighted for Éé

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rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz
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They’ve split Finland pretty arbitrarily into areas where (supposedly) Swedish speakers are found for ‘å’, but there’s really no reason for it. The letter is a part of the Finnish alphabet and taught to everyone in school, so it should cover the whole country I think.

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Leviathan@lemmy.world
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English definitely uses æ even if rare

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Kabutor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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ironically the use of those in spain everyday is way more common than the use of the Ñ

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Yprum@lemmy.world
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Also ü for Spain is missing, uncommon but definitely used and important.

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