Kashubian alphabet Kashubian alphabet The Kashubian or Cassubian alphabet ("kaszëbsczi alfabét", "kaszëbsczé abecadło") is the script of the Kashubian language, based on the Latin alphabet. The Kashubian alphabet consists of 34 letters: A, Ą, Ã, B, C, D, E, É, Ë, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, Ł, M, N, Ń, O, Ò, Ó, Ô, P, R, S, T, U, Ù, W, Y, Z, Ż The Kashubian language also use some digraphs: ch, cz, dz, dż, rz and sz. The digraphs "cz", "dż", "sz", "ż" are pronounced in a different manner from their Polish counterparts – they are palato-alveolar, not retroflex
English terms with diacritical marks for marking in poetry: In representing European personal names, anthroponyms, and place names, toponyms, the following are often encountered: For a more complete list see diacritical marks. Some sources distinguish "diacritical marks" (marks upon standard letters in the A–Z 26-letter alphabet) from "special characters" (letters not marked but radically modified from the standard 26-letter alphabet) such as Old English and Icelandic eth (Ð, ð) and thorn (uppercase Þ, lowercase þ), and ligatures such as Latin and Anglo-Saxon Æ (minuscule: æ), and German eszett (ß; final -ß, often -ss even in German and always in Swiss-German). The reverse of "special characters"