Two Byte Characters
The characters which are not represented in the primary set are coded on two bytes. The first byte the "non spacing diacritical mark" is followed by a letter from the base set e.g.:
small e with acute accent (é) = +e
In total 13 diacritical marks can be followed by the selected characters from the primary set:
| Accent | Code | Second character | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grave | 0xC1 | AEIOUaeiou | ÀÈÌÒÙàèìòù |
| Acute | 0xC2 | ACEILNORSUYZacegilnorsuyz | ÁĆÉÍĹŃÓŔŚÚÝŹáćéģíĺńóŕśúýź |
| Circumflex | 0xC3 | ACEGHIJOSUWYaceghijosuwy | ÂĈÊĜĤÎĴÔŜÛŴŶâĉêĝĥîĵôŝûŵŷ |
| Tilde | 0xC4 | AINOUainou | ÃĨÑÕŨãĩñõũ |
| Macron | 0xC5 | AEIOUaeiou | ĀĒĪŌŪāēīōū |
| Breve | 0xC6 | AGUagu | ĂĞŬăğŭ |
| Dot | 0xC7 | CEGIZcegz | ĊĖĠİŻċėġż |
| Umlaut or diæresis | 0xC8 | AEIOUYaeiouy | ÄËÏÖÜŸäëïöüÿ |
| Ring | 0xCA | AUau | ÅŮåů |
| Cedilla | 0xCB | CGKLNRSTcklnrst | ÇĢĶĻŅŖŞŢçķļņŗşţ |
| DoubleAcute | 0xCD | OUou | ŐŰőű |
| Ogonek | 0xCE | AEIUaeiu | ĄĘĮŲąęįų |
| Caron | 0xCF | CDELNRSTZcdelnrstz | ČĎĚĽŇŘŠŤŽčďěľňřšťž |
Read more about this topic: ISO/IEC 6937
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