Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) keep on increasing in popularity. After the big news of IDN country code top-level domains and the recent introduction of .NAME domain names with special characters, another domain extension is now opening its namespace to non-Latin alphabets.
As of December 10th it will be possible to officially register IDNs under
.EU, the top-level domain for the European Union. With 27 member states and 23 official languages, this is an important step as many countries use these characters in their written language.
Characters include the Swedish å, German Umlauts ä, ö, ü and the Romanian ș letter. But the process doesn't end with the extended Latin alphabet with accents. Both the complete Cyrillic and Greek alphabet will soon be supported as well. See the full character list below:
Latin supplement alphabetà, á, â, ã, ä, å, æ, ç, è, é, ê, ë, ì, í, î, ï, ð, ñ, ò, ó, ô, õ, ö, ø, ù, ú, û, ü, ý, þ, ÿw
Latin extended alphabetā, ă, ą, ć, ĉ, ċ, č, ď, đ, ē, ĕ, ė, ę, ě, ĝ, ğ, ġ, ģ, ĥ, ħ, ĩ, ī, ĭ, į, ı, ĵ, ķ, ĺ, ļ, ľ, ŀ, ł, ń, ņ, ň, ʼn, ŋ, ō, ŏ, ő, œ, ŕ, ŗ, ř, ś, ŝ, š, ť, ŧ, ũ, ū, ŭ, ů, ű, ų, ŵ, ŷ, ź, ż, ž, ș, ț
Greek alphabetΐ, ά, έ, ή, ί, ΰ, α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ, η, θ, ι, κ, λ, μ, ν, ξ, ο, π, ρ, ς, σ, τ, υ, φ, χ, ψ, ω, ϊ, ϋ, ό, ύ, ώ
Greek extended alphabetἀ, ἁ, ἂ, ἃ, ἄ, ἅ, ἆ, ἇ, ἐ, ἑ, ἒ, ἓ, ἔ, ἕ, ἠ, ἡ, ἢ, ἣ, ἤ, ἥ, ἦ, ἧ, ἰ, ἱ, ἲ, ἳ, ἴ, ἵ, ἶ, ἷ, ὀ, ὁ, ὂ, ὃ, ὄ, ὅ, ὐ, ὑ, ὒ, ὓ, ὔ, ὕ, ὖ, ὗ, ὠ, ὡ, ὢ, ὣ, ὤ, ὥ, ὦ, ὧ, ὰ, ά, ὲ, έ, ὴ, ή, ὶ, ί, ὸ, ό, ὺ, ύ, ὼ, ώ, ᾀ, ᾁ, ᾂ, ᾃ, ᾄ, ᾅ, ᾆ, ᾇ, ᾐ, ᾑ, ᾒ, ᾓ, ᾔ, ᾕ, ᾖ, ᾗ, ᾠ, ᾡ, ᾢ, ᾣ, ᾤ, ᾥ, ᾦ, ᾧ, ᾰ, ᾱ, ᾲ, ᾳ, ᾴ, ᾶ, ᾷ, ῂ, ῃ, ῄ, ῆ, ῇ, ῐ, ῑ, ῒ, ΐ, ῖ, ῗ, ῠ, ῡ, ῢ, ΰ, ῤ, ῥ, ῦ, ῧ, ῲ, ῳ, ῴ, ῶ, ῷ
Cyrillic alphabetа, б, в, г, д, е, ж, з, и, й, к, л, м, н, о, п, р, с, т, у, ф, х, ц, ч, ш, щ, ъ, ы, ь, э, ю, я
iWantMyName will be fully enabled for
.EU IDN domain registrations in preparation for the launch on December 10th.
