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Nheengatu Alphabet (Latin)

The letters and characters of Nheengatu written in the Latin script, in order — every standard character with its name and codepoint, the additional and punctuation sets, and exactly how many fonts include them. About 26,981 people read or write it across 3 countries.

Standard characters

The minimal set of characters required for Nheengatu — the language's alphabet, in its traditional order. Tap a character to copy it; each name opens the full character page. The Fonts column counts how many fonts include each letter, in the same order as the letters and codepoints; an accented form under a letter gets its own codepoint and count line beneath it.

Additional Characters

Used for foreign words, names and technical terms, and older forms of the language.

Punctuation characters

The marks used to separate sentences and to clarify meaning.

Where Nheengatu (Latin) is read

Countries shaded by the share of their population that reads or writes Nheengatu in the Latin script. The map is zoomed to the region where at least 1% of a country's people read it; neighbouring countries are shown unshaded for context.