Latin Greek Cyrillic Alphabet
For conlangers who wish to use a mixed Latin, Greek, Cyrillic alphabet
for their conlang, this list shows which characters of the three
alphabets do not conflict by sharing the same shapes either for upper
or for lower case. Each line shows one set of letter pairs in Latin,
Greek and Cyrillic alphabest that share either an upper or a lower
case letter. I.e., if glyphs coincide among the three alphabets, the
characters are listen on the same line, so you can compare easily.
This list currently only contains basic characters -- all alphabets (to
a lesser extent Greek) have a lot of additional special characters and
ligatures that might also be interesting. I will probably include these
in a future version of this list.
The list only contains letters that come in upper/lower case pairs
(with the exception of ß, whose upper case variant is assumed to be
U+1E9E).
Letters not basic Latin, Greek, or Russian will be
highlighted (basic letters are letters in the
ranges U+0040..U+007F, U+0391..U+03A9, U+03B1..U+03C9, U+0410..U+044F).
In some special cases, non-letters are listed for comparison. These
are highlighted differently.
Also note that there may be some arguments for still using letters
that are on one line here, or for not using letters that are on
different lines here. It depends on the degree of difference you
need, on font, on shape conventions (e.g. by language (Russian
vs. Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic)), and on personal preference. This
list is an overview, a list for quick reference, but probably not exclusively
what you need to plan your alphabet.
Latin |
|
Greek |
|
Cyrillic |
|
Comment |
A | a |
Α | α |
А | а |
| |
| |
Я | я |
B | b |
Β | β |
В | в |
C | c |
Ϲ | ϲ |
С | с |
D | d |
| |
| |
| |
Δ | δ |
Б | б |
Serbian б usually looks
exactly like Greek δ.
|
Ƃ | ƃ |
| |
| |
Alternative if Cyrillic б is too close to Greek δ |
| |
| |
Д | д |
Serbian italic д looks like some fonts'
Latin g, but Russian italic д
usually does not. In cursive, Cyrillic Д and д look
like Latin D and g, resp.
|
E | e |
Ε | ε |
Е | е |
Ɛ | ɛ | | |
| |
Alternative for Greek Ε/ε for a distinct upper case variant |
| |
| |
Э | э |
F | f |
Ϝ | ϝ |
| |
| |
Φ | φ |
Ф | ф |
G | g |
| |
| |
| |
Γ | γ |
Г | г |
Cyrillic г is very close to Latin r |
Ɣ | ɣ |
| |
| |
Alternative for a distinctive uppercase variant |
H | h |
Η | η |
Н | н |
| |
| |
Һ | һ |
Alternative for a distinctive uppercase variant |
I | i |
Ι | ι |
І | і |
Ɩ | ɩ | | |
| |
Alternative for Greek Ι/ι for a distinct upper case
variant (still quite similar) |
| |
| |
И | и |
Russian italic and cursive и usually looks like
Latin u, but Serbian italic and cursive и
usually does not.
|
| |
| |
Ы | ы |
Interferes with the sequence ЬI (and similar). |
J | j |
| |
Ј | ј |
| |
| |
Ь | ь |
Uppercase Ь is quite close to lowercase b.
|
K | k |
Κ | κ |
К | к |
the style of Cyrillic К matches
that of Ж unlike K and Κ
|
L | l |
| |
| |
| |
Λ | λ |
| |
| |
| |
Л | л |
M | m |
Μ | μ |
М | м |
N | n |
Ν | ν |
| |
O | o |
Ο | ο |
О | о |
| |
Ω | ω |
Ѡ | ѡ |
P | p |
Ρ | ρ |
Р | р |
| |
Π | π |
П | п |
Russian italic and cursive п usually looks like
Latin n, but Serbian italic and cursive п
usually does not.
|
| |
Ψ | ψ |
Ѱ | ѱ |
Q | q |
| |
| |
R | r |
| |
| |
r is very similar to г |
Ʀ | ʀ |
| |
| |
Alternative for a distinctive 'r' variant.
You might still want R instead of Ʀ.
|
S | s |
| |
Ѕ | ѕ |
Ʃ | ʃ | Σ | σ |
| |
| |
| |
Ж | ж |
| |
| |
Ш | ш |
| |
| |
Щ | щ |
T | t |
Τ | τ |
Т | т |
Russian italic and cursive т usually looks like
Latin m, but Serbian italic and cursive т
usually does not.
|
| |
| |
Ц | ц |
| |
| |
Ч | ч |
Þ | þ |
Ϸ | ϸ |
| |
| |
Θ | θ |
Ѳ | ѳ |
U | u |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Ю | ю |
V | v |
| |
| |
W | w |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Ъ | ъ |
X | x |
Χ | χ |
Х | х |
| |
Ξ | ξ |
| |
Y | y |
Υ | υ |
У | у |
Cursive υ may look like u.
|
Ʋ | ʋ |
| |
| |
Alternative for Greek Υ,υ different
from Y,y
|
| |
| |
Ү | ү |
Alternative for Latin Y,y different
from У,у
|
Z | z |
Ζ | ζ |
| |
| |
| |
З | з |
These are non-basic letters without diacritics.
Archaic/Historic Letters |
※ |
These are non-basic letters without diacritics.
Letters with Modifications |
※ |
...
Letters with Diacritics |
※ |
Latin |
|
Greek |
|
Cyrillic |
|
Comment |
| | | |
Ғ | ғ |
Similar to F. In some fonts it may be the same. |
...
This section contains ligatures, double letters, those that once were ligatures or
double letters, and those that look as if they were ligatures or double letters.
And anything vaguely related, too.
Latin |
|
Greek |
|
Cyrillic |
|
Comment |
Æ | æ | | | |
| |
|
DZ | Dz | dz | | |
| |
Interferes with the sequence d+z. |
Ƕ | ƕ | | | |
| |
| |
|
IJ | ij | | | |
| |
Interferes with the sequence i+j. |
LJ | Lj | | | |
| |
Interferes with the sequence l+j. |
NJ | Nj | nj | | |
| |
Interferes with the sequence n+j. |
Œ | œ | | | |
| |
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| | | | |
Ѹ | ѹ |
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ẞ | ß | | | |
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