# Letters and symbols by language

Choose a language to find its accented letters, special characters, spelling notes, and practical typing methods in one place.

## Start with the language you are writing

The same mark can have a different purpose from one language to another. A language collection narrows the choices to the characters used in that writing system and explains the distinctions that matter there.

Ä Ö Ü ß

### [German letters](https://umlautletters.com/german-letters/)

Copy umlaut vowels and sharp S, learn the standard technical fallbacks, and open the focused guide for each character.

[Browse German characters →](https://umlautletters.com/german-letters/)

Á É Í Ó Ú Ñ

### [Spanish accented letters](https://umlautletters.com/spanish-accented-letters/)

Find acute vowels, eñe, U with diaeresis, and the opening question and exclamation marks.

[Browse Spanish characters →](https://umlautletters.com/spanish-accented-letters/)

É È Ê Ë Ç Œ

### [French accented letters](https://umlautletters.com/french-accented-letters/)

Copy letters with acute, grave, circumflex, diaeresis, and cedilla marks, plus ligatures and guillemets.

[Browse French characters →](https://umlautletters.com/french-accented-letters/)

Á Ã Ê Õ Ç

### [Portuguese accented letters](https://umlautletters.com/portuguese-accented-letters/)

Find acute and circumflex vowels, nasal tilde forms, grave A, and C with cedilla.

[Browse Portuguese characters →](https://umlautletters.com/portuguese-accented-letters/)

Ą Ć Ę Ł Ź Ż

### [Polish letters](https://umlautletters.com/polish-letters/)

Copy the nine distinctive Polish letters and compare acute, ogonek, stroke, and dot forms.

[Browse Polish characters →](https://umlautletters.com/polish-letters/)

Ç Ğ I İ Ö Ş Ü

### [Turkish letters](https://umlautletters.com/turkish-letters/)

Preserve dotted and dotless I pairs while copying the complete Turkish-specific set.

[Browse Turkish characters →](https://umlautletters.com/turkish-letters/)

Č Ď Ě Ň Ř Š Ž

### [Czech and Slovak letters](https://umlautletters.com/czech-slovak-letters/)

Compare the shared caron letters with the forms specific to Czech or Slovak spelling.

[Browse Czech and Slovak characters →](https://umlautletters.com/czech-slovak-letters/)

Ă Â Î Ș Ț

### [Romanian letters](https://umlautletters.com/romanian-letters/)

Copy the five Romanian special letters and distinguish comma-below forms from older cedilla substitutions.

[Browse Romanian characters →](https://umlautletters.com/romanian-letters/)

Ă Â Đ Ê Ô Ơ Ư

### [Vietnamese letters](https://umlautletters.com/vietnamese-letters/)

Find the Vietnamese base letters and their complete practical combinations with five written tone marks.

[Browse Vietnamese characters →](https://umlautletters.com/vietnamese-letters/)

## Choose by letter or accent mark

If you know the base letter but not the language, use the [accented-letters collection](https://umlautletters.com/accented-letters/). If you recognize the shape above or below a letter, use the [accent-mark guide](https://umlautletters.com/accent-marks/) to compare acute, grave, circumflex, tilde, diaeresis, and cedilla forms.

- [Browse by base letterA, E, I, O, U, N, C, S, and Y →](https://umlautletters.com/accented-letters/)
- [Browse by accent markIdentify the mark by shape →](https://umlautletters.com/accent-marks/)

## Why language context matters

Unicode gives each character a stable technical identity, but the character’s name does not describe every linguistic use. Unicode names ä as a letter with diaeresis, while German speakers use it as an umlaut vowel. In French, the diaeresis in Noël has a different job. In Spanish, ñ is a separate alphabet letter rather than an optional decoration on N.

Copy the character found in the original spelling. Do not transfer a German substitution such as ue to a Spanish or Turkish word merely because the letter looks the same.

## Typing depends on your keyboard layout

Keyboard instructions can vary by operating system, selected input language, physical layout, and app. Each collection identifies common methods and provides Unicode values for software that supports code entry. For frequent writing, installing the relevant language layout is usually more efficient than entering one code at a time.

Character reference: [The Unicode Standard character charts](https://www.unicode.org/charts/).

[View this page on Umlaut Letters](https://umlautletters.com/languages/)

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