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Upper Sorbian Alphabet (Latin)
The letters and characters of Upper Sorbian 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 13,459 people read or write it across 1 country.
Standard characters
The minimal set of characters required for Upper Sorbian — 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.
| Letter | Name | Codepoints | Fontsper letter, in order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aa | A | U+0041 · U+0061 | 136,064 / 135,110 |
| Bb | B | U+0042 · U+0062 | 135,982 / 135,083 |
| Cc ČčĆć | C | U+0043 · U+0063 U+010C · U+010D · U+0106 · U+0107 | 135,993 / 135,072 14,140 / 14,156 / 14,592 / 14,575 |
| Dd | D | U+0044 · U+0064 | 136,007 / 135,110 |
| Zz ŹźŽž | Z | U+005A · U+007A U+0179 · U+017A · U+017D · U+017E | 135,487 / 134,568 16,419 / 14,398 / 45,736 / 55,765 |
| Ee Ěě | E | U+0045 · U+0065 U+011A · U+011B | 136,045 / 135,092 13,790 / 13,817 |
| Ff | F | U+0046 · U+0066 | 135,955 / 135,041 |
| Gg | G | U+0047 · U+0067 | 135,944 / 135,030 |
| Hh | H | U+0048 · U+0068 | 135,937 / 135,003 |
| Ii | I | U+0049 · U+0069 | 135,906 / 134,997 |
| Jj | J | U+004A · U+006A | 135,779 / 134,898 |
| Kk | K | U+004B · U+006B | 135,820 / 134,904 |
| Łł | L With Stroke | U+0141 · U+0142 | 21,709 / 21,598 |
| Ll | L | U+004C · U+006C | 135,840 / 134,937 |
| Mm | M | U+004D · U+006D | 135,809 / 134,871 |
| Nn Ńń | N | U+004E · U+006E U+0143 · U+0144 | 135,770 / 134,851 14,322 / 14,339 |
| Oo Óó | O | U+004F · U+006F U+00D3 · U+00F3 | 135,747 / 134,876 82,175 / 82,140 |
| Pp | P | U+0050 · U+0070 | 135,726 / 134,808 |
| Q | U+0051 · U+0071 | 135,653 / 134,746 | |
| Rr Řř | R | U+0052 · U+0072 U+0158 · U+0159 | 135,744 / 134,845 13,496 / 13,507 |
| Ss Šš | S | U+0053 · U+0073 U+0160 · U+0161 | 135,721 / 134,797 58,706 / 58,643 |
| Tt | T | U+0054 · U+0074 | 135,769 / 134,800 |
| Uu | U | U+0055 · U+0075 | 135,534 / 134,690 |
| Vv | V | U+0056 · U+0076 | 135,566 / 134,636 |
| Ww | W | U+0057 · U+0077 | 135,522 / 134,664 |
| Xx | X | U+0058 · U+0078 | 135,478 / 134,585 |
| Yy | Y | U+0059 · U+0079 | 135,463 / 134,648 |
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 Upper Sorbian (Latin) is read
Countries shaded by the share of their population that reads or writes Upper Sorbian 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.
Estimated readers — share of each country's population (CLDR).
| Country | Estimated readers | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 13,459 | 0.02% |
Upper Sorbian (Latin) — facts
| Font coverage | 12,338 of 137,179 fonts include every one of the 36 standard characters; 4,478 include the standard and additional sets together. Counts are exact for the snapshot of 21 October 2026. |
|---|---|
| Script | Latin |
| Unicode blocks | Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, General Punctuation |
| People | About 13,459 people read or write Upper Sorbian in the Latin script — mostly in Germany. |
Data: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters (CLDR 48.2.0) and CLDR territory population data. Font counts: snapshot of 21 October 2026.