Extended Latin Alphabet

The Latin alphabet is now being used by over a hundred languages, many of which have found it necessary to add characters to it.
Below are the characters most relevant to Germanic languages such as English. Give the English name of each character.
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Last updated: August 24, 2012
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Basic
Name
A a
a
B b
bee
C c
cee
D d
dee
E e
e
F f
ef
G g
gee
H h
aitch
I i
i
J j
jay
K k
kay
L l
ell
M m
em
Basic
Name
N n
en
O o
o
P p
pee
Q q
cue
R ꝛ r
ar
S ſ s
ess
T t
tee
U u
u
V v
vee
W w
double-u
X x
ex
Y y
wye
Z z
zed
Diacritic
Name
Example
¸
cedilla
façade
`
grave accent
learnèd
´
acute accent
café
ˆ
circumflex
rôle
˜
tilde
jalapeño
¨
diaeresis
naïve
¨
umlaut
über
Phonetic
Name
Example
Ə ə
schwa
/əntɩl/ (until)
Ŋ ŋ
engma
/sɩŋ/ (sing)
Ʃ ʃ
esh
/ʃɛd/ (shed)
Ʒ ʒ
ezh
/vɩʒən/ (vision)
Ɂ ɂ
glottal stop
/həwaɩʔiː/ (Hawaiʻi)
Old English
Name
Example
Æ æ
ash
æsthetic
Ð ð
eth
oðer (other)
Ȝ ȝ
yogh
niȝt (night)
Œ œ
ethel
subpœna
Þ þ
thorn
broþ (broth)
Ƿ ƿ
wynn
ƿisdom (wisdom)
 
 
 
Gothic
Name
Example
Ƕ ƕ
hwair
ƕan (when)
ẞ ß
Eszett
Kuß (kiss)
 
 
 
Logogram
Name
Example
&
ampersand
Smith & Wesson
Greek
Name
Ɑ ɑ
alpha
delta
Ɛ ɛ
epsilon
Ɣ ɣ
gamma
Ɩ ɩ
iota
ɸ
phi
Ʊ ʊ
upsilon
 
 
Transform
Name
Å å
a with ring
Ø ø
slashed o
Ɔ ɔ
open o
Ʌ ʌ
turned v
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Level ∞
Aug 24, 2012
Interesting quiz!
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Level 71
Oct 17, 2012
Now more!
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Level 32
Mar 2, 2013
You could be a bit forgiving with the names of H and Q. I tried aytch, eych, etch, aych, and kyoo, qyoo, qyu, kyu, but not aitch and cue.
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Level 53
Jan 28, 2014
Do I spy a fellow linguist?
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Level 45
Jan 28, 2014
I dabble.
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Level 48
May 3, 2014
I just love obscure knowledge!
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Level 65
Apr 17, 2016
Glottis for glottal stop.
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Level 79
Mar 13, 2019
Glottis is the name for a part of the larynx.
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Level 40
Aug 1, 2016
tried que, queue, kew, kyu, ku, etc... pls be more lenient!
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Level 67
Jun 28, 2021
Eszett is German rather than Gothic, but otherwise nice quiz.
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Level 48
Dec 13, 2021
How can you have 'u' for u but not 'q' for q?
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Level 73
Nov 16, 2023
That last Greek letter is omega and not upsilon, other than that great quiz!