Usage of The ISO Basic Latin Alphabet in Latin-derived Alphabets
The Afrikaans, Basque, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Interlingua, Kurdish, Modern Latin, Malay, Norwegian, Pan-European, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Võro, Xhosa, and Zulu alphabets include all 26 letters, at least in their largest version.
The International Phonetic Alphabet includes all 26 letters in their lowercase forms.
| Alphabet | 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 | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classical Latin | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | V | X | Y | Z | 23 | |||
| 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 | 25 | |
| Anglo-Saxon | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | X | Y | Z | 23 | |||
| Arbëresh | 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 | 25 | |
| Asturian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | X | Y | Z | 23 | |||
| Azeri | 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 | 25 | |
| Belarusian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Y | Z | 23 | |||
| Berber | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | Q | R | S | T | U | W | X | Y | Z | 23 | |||
| Bosnian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Z | 22 | ||||
| British | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | V | X | Y | Z | 23 | |||
| Chamorro | A | B | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | Y | 19 | |||||||
| Corsican | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | Z | 22 | ||||
| Crimean Tatar | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | Y | Z | 24 | ||
| Croatian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Z | 22 | ||||
| Dalecarlian | A | B | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | 23 | |||
| Esperanto | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Z | 22 | ||||
| Faroese | A | B | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Y | 21 | |||||
| Friulian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | Z | 22 | ||||
| Galician | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | X | Z | 22 | ||||
| Gilbertese | A | B | E | I | K | M | N | O | R | T | U | W | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Greenlandic | A | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | 19 | |||||||
| Guaraní | A | E | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Y | 18 | ||||||||
| Hausa | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | R | S | T | U | W | Y | Z | 22 | ||||
| Hawaiian | A | E | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | U | W | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Icelandic | A | B | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | X | Y | 22 | ||||
| Irish | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | 18 | ||||||||
| Italian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | Z | 21 | |||||
| Karakalpak | A | B | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 25 | |
| Kashubian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y | Z | 23 | |||
| Latvian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Z | 22 | ||||
| Leonese | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | X | Y | Z | 24 | ||
| Lithuanian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Y | Z | 23 | |||
| Malagasy | A | B | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | V | Y | Z | 21 | |||||
| Maltese | A | B | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Z | 24 | ||
| Māori | A | E | G | H | I | K | M | N | O | P | R | T | U | W | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Mohawk | A | E | H | I | K | N | O | R | S | T | W | Y | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Northern Sami | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Z | 22 | ||||
| Pan-Nigerian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z | 24 | ||
| Pinyin | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | W | X | Y | Z | 25 | |
| Polish | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y | Z | 23 | |||
| Traditional Portuguese | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | X | Z | 23 | |||
| Romani | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | X | Z | 23 | |||
| Sardinian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | X | Z | 23 | |||
| Scots Gaelic | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | 18 | ||||||||
| Serbian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Z | 22 | ||||
| Shona | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z | 23 | |||
| Sicilian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | Z | 22 | ||||
| Slovenian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Z | 22 | ||||
| Somali | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | Q | R | S | T | U | W | X | Y | 23 | |||
| Sorbian | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y | Z | 23 | |||
| Swahili | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z | 24 | ||
| Tagalog | A | B | D | E | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y | 19 | |||||||
| Tetum | A | B | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | X | Z | 22 | ||||
| Tongan | A | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | S | T | U | V | 16 | ||||||||||
| Turkish | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Y | Z | 23 | |||
| Turkmen | A | B | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y | Z | 22 | ||||
| Uzbek | A | B | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 25 | |
| Vietnamese | A | B | C | D | E | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | X | Y | 22 | ||||
| Volapük | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | X | Y | Z | 24 | ||
| Walloon | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 25 | |
| Welsh | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y | 21 | |||||
| Wolof | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | W | X | Y | 23 | |||
| count | 63 | 57 | 45 | 56 | 63 | 56 | 60 | 61 | 63 | 47 | 53 | 59 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 58 | 25 | 61 | 60 | 62 | 59 | 44 | 25 | 27 | 39 | 45 |
The chart above lists a variety of alphabets that do not officially contain all 26 letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet. In this list, four letters are used by all of them: A, E, I, and N. For each of the 26 basic ISO Latin alphabet letters, the number of alphabets in the list above using it is as follows:
| Letter | A | E | I | N | M | O | T | H | R | G | S | L | U | P | B | D | F | K | J | C | Z | V | Y | X | W | Q |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabets | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 53 | 47 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 39 | 29 | 25 | 25 |
Note: The I is used in two distinct versions in Turkic languages, dotless (I ı) and dotted (İ i). They are considered different letters, and case conversion must take care to preserve the distinction. Note that Irish traditionally does not write the dot, or tittle, over the small letter i, but the language makes no distinction here if a dot is displayed, so no specific encoding and special case conversion rule is needed like for Turkic alphabets.
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