Rendering special characters in SP pages

Introduction

Several of us have been working with mountains/areas/etc. having other than English names. Given the variety of languages and the multitude of special characters they use, sometimes it gives a hard time to get "native" names appear right on the screen. Of course, there is the option to neglect the special characters and take what's closest in the "default" Latin character set. While this is practical for saving time and effort, I think we loose quite a bit of "spice" this way. So, I've tried to hunt down all the special characters I needed for my pages so far - some were easy to get by, some not.

Several special characters can be copy-pasted directly into the SP editor without any problem, from another webpage written in the given language (for this you have to search one on the web and find the character you wanted). If you hit the submit button, and then open the page for editing again, a couple of times you'll see the special characters in the text without any change. In other cases, they will get automatically converted to a code, having the following format: &#number; ("number" is a three or four digit number). In the remaining cases, copy-pasting does not work properly for some reason (you get something different from the character you wanted) and you will have to insert the code yourself manually.

To save you from having to look up native pages and hunting down codes on your own, here's a summary of special characters for a few languages. There are some overlappings between some of them - for good orientation I listed these "shared" characters at each language that uses them. Upper and lower case characters are listed in parallel within the tables. If you need one of them, first try just to simply copy-paste it from here. When that does not work, use the code format mentioned above, inserting the appropriate numbers. In case of Cyrillic alphabets, there is an extra column for the romanization of characters. Further resources on alphabets and encoding are listed in the External Links section

Some further languages would be useful to include. If you have information about those that are missing at the moment, you're very welcome to share it, just drop me a PM and we'll tailor the page further. Thanks to Lolli and Dinaric-ZG for already contributing to the page (Scandinavian and Albanian sections).

Suggestion on use: While I would encourage using the appropriate characters in the body text of pages, it is better to avoid using them in page titles and headers, as those are used to generate automatic links, and special characters can occasionally mess them up.

Special characters collection

Albanian

character	insert number	character	insert number
Ç	199	ç	231
Ë	203	ë	235

Bulgarian Cyrillic (complete)

character	insert number	character	insert number	romanization*
А	1040	а	1072	a
Б	1041	б	1073	b
В	1042	в	1074	v
Г	1043	г	1075	g
Д	1044	д	1076	d
Е	1045	е	1077	e
Ж	1046	ж	1078	zh
З	1047	з	1079	z
И	1048	и	1080	i
Й	1049	й	1081	y
К	1050	к	1082	k
Л	1051	л	1083	l
М	1052	м	1084	m
Н	1053	н	1085	n
О	1054	о	1086	o
П	1055	п	1087	p
Р	1056	р	1088	r
С	1057	с	1089	s
Т	1058	т	1090	t
У	1059	у	1091	u
Ф	1060	ф	1092	f
Х	1061	х	1093	h
Ц	1062	ц	1094	ts
Ч	1063	ч	1095	ch
Ш	1064	ш	1096	sh
Щ	1065	щ	1097	sht
Ъ	1066	ъ	1098	a
Ь	1068	ь	1100	y
Ю	1070	ю	1102	yu
Я	1071	я	1103	ya

*according to the official Bulgarian transliteration

Croatian

character	insert number	character	insert number
Ć	262	ć	263
Č	268	č	269
Đ	272	đ	273
Š	352	š	353
Ž	381	ž	382

Czech

character	insert number	character	insert number
Á	193	á	225
Č	268	č	269
Ď	270	ď	271
É	201	é	233
Ě	282	ě	283
Í	205	í	237
Ň	327	ň	328
Ó	211	ó	243
Ř	344	ř	345
Š	352	š	353
Ť	356	ť	357
Ú	218	ú	250
Ů	366	ů	367
Ý	221	ý	253
Ž	381	ž	382

German

character	insert number	character	insert number
Ä	196	ä	228
Ö	214	ö	246
Ü	220	ü	252
		ß	223

Szet (ß) is used only at the end of words.

Greek

character	insert number	character	insert number
Α	913	α	945
Β	914	β	946
Γ	915	γ	947
Δ	916	δ	948
Ε	917	ε	949
Ζ	918	ζ	950
Η	919	η	951
Θ	920	θ	952
Ι	921	ι	953
Κ	922	κ	954
Λ	923	λ	955
Μ	924	μ	956
Ν	925	ν	957
Ξ	926	ξ	958
Ο	927	ο	959
Π	928	π	960
Ρ	929	ρ	961
Σ	931	σ , ς	963, 962
Τ	932	τ	964
Υ	933	υ	965
Φ	934	φ	966
Χ	935	χ	967
Ψ	936	ψ	968
Ω	937	ω	969

Second lowercase 's' (ς) is used only at the end of words.

Hungarian

character	insert number	character	insert number
Á	193	á	225
É	201	é	233
Í	205	í	237
Ó	211	ó	243
Ö	214	ö	246
Ő	336	ő	337
Ú	218	ú	250
Ü	220	ü	252
Ű	368	ű	369

Polish

character	insert number	character	insert number
Ą	260	ą	261
Ć	262	ć	263
Ę	280	ę	281
Ł	321	ł	322
Ń	323	ń	324
Ó	211	ó	243
Ś	346	ś	347
Ź	377	ź	378
Ż	379	ż	380

Portuguese

character	insert number	character	insert number
À	192	à	224
Á	193	á	225
Â	194	â	226
É	201	é	233
Ê	202	ê	234
Ç	199	ç	231
Í	205	í	237
Ó	211	ó	243
Ô	212	ô	244
Õ	213	õ	245
Ú	218	ú	250
Ü	220	ü	252

Romanian

character	insert number	character	insert number
Ă	258	ă	259
Â	194	â	226
Î	206	î	238
Ş	350	ş	351
Ţ	354	ţ	355

Russian Cyrillic (complete)

character	insert number	character	insert number	romanization*
А	1040	а	1072	a
Б	1041	б	1073	b
В	1042	в	1074	v
Ґ	1168	ґ	1169	g
Д	1044	д	1076	d
Е	1045	е	1077	e, ye
Ё	1045	ё	1077	ё, yё
Ж	1046	ж	1078	ž, zh
З	1047	з	1079	z
И	1048	и	1080	i
Й	1049	й	1081	j
К	1050	к	1082	k
Л	1051	л	1083	l
М	1052	м	1084	m
Н	1053	н	1085	n
О	1054	о	1086	o
П	1055	п	1087	p
Р	1056	р	1088	r
С	1057	с	1089	s
Т	1058	т	1090	t
У	1059	у	1091	u
Ф	1060	ф	1092	f
Х	1061	х	1093	h, kh
Ц	1062	ц	1094	c, ts
Ч	1063	ч	1095	č, ch
Ш	1064	ш	1096	š, sh
Щ	1065	щ	1097	šč, ŝ, shch
Ъ	1065	ъ	1097	"
Ы	1065	ы	1097	y
Ь	1065	ь	1097	'
Э	1065	э	1097	è, e
Ю	1065	ю	1097	ju, yu, û
Я	1065	я	1097	ja, ya, â

*according to the UN / national transliteration standars / ALA-LC

Scandinavian languages (Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish)

character	insert number	character	insert number
Ä	196	ä	228
Å	197	å	229
Ø	216	ø	248
Æ	198	æ	230
Ö	214	ö	246

Slovak

character	insert number	character	insert number
Á	193	á	225
Ä	196	ä	228
Č	268	č	269
Ď	270	ď	271
É	201	é	233
Í	205	í	237
Ĺ	313	ĺ	314
Ľ	317	ľ	318
Ň	327	ň	328
Ó	211	ó	243
Ô	212	ô	244
Ŕ	340	ŕ	341
Š	352	š	353
Ť	356	ť	357
Ú	218	ú	250
Ý	221	ý	253
Ž	381	ž	382

Slovenian

character	insert number	character	insert number
Č	268	č	269
Š	352	š	353
Ž	381	ž	382

Turkish

character	insert number	character	insert number
Ç	199	ç	231
Ğ	286	ğ	287
I		ı	305
İ	304	i
Ö	214	ö	246
Ş	350	ş	351
Ü	220	ü	252

Uppercase dotless "I" and lowercase dotted "i" are characters of the usual Latin alphabet.

Ukrainian Cyrillic (complete)

character	insert number	character	insert number	romanization*
А	1040	а	1072	a
Б	1041	б	1073	b
В	1042	в	1074	v
Г	1043	г	1075	h, gh
Ґ	1168	ґ	1169	g
Д	1044	д	1076	d
Е	1045	е	1077	e
Є	1028	є	1108	ie, ye
Ж	1046	ж	1078	zh
З	1047	з	1079	zh
И	1048	и	1080	y
І	1030	і	1110	i
Ї	1031	ї	1111	i, yi
Й	1049	й	1081	i, y
К	1050	к	1082	k
Л	1051	л	1083	l
М	1052	м	1084	m
Н	1053	н	1085	n
О	1054	о	1086	o
П	1055	п	1087	p
Р	1056	р	1088	r
С	1057	с	1089	s
Т	1058	т	1090	t
У	1059	у	1091	u
Ф	1060	ф	1092	f
Х	1061	х	1093	kh
Ц	1062	ц	1094	ts
Ч	1063	ч	1095	ch
Ш	1064	ш	1096	sh
Щ	1065	щ	1097	sch
Ю	1070	ю	1102	iu, yu
Я	1071	я	1103	ia, ya
Ь	1068	ь	1100	'

*according to the Ukrainian National transliteration (1996)

External Links

You can find more (pronunciation, complete alphabets for these languages and some other) on this external page.

Wikipedia alphabet pages: Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, German, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Danish and Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Slovak, Slovenian, Turkish, Ukrainian

Wikipedia pages on romanization of Cyrillic scripts: Bulgarian, Ukrainian , Russian

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