Friday, October 17, 2025

Use of quotation marks in the different languages

Language Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Opening Unicode Opening decimal Closing Unicode Closing decimal
Bulgarian„...“„...“„...“U+201E8222U+201C8220
Croatian„...”‚...’‚...’U+201A8218U+20198217
Czech„...“‚...‘»...«U+00BB187U+00AB171
Danish»...«»...«»...«U+00BB187U+00AB171
Dutch“...”“...”“...”U+201C8220U+201D8221
English‘...’“...”‘...’U+20188216U+20198217
Estonian„...“„...“„...“U+201E8222U+201C8220
Finnish”...””...””...”U+201D8221U+201D8221
French«...»“...”‘...’U+20188216U+20198217
German„...“‚...‘‚...‘U+201A8218U+20188216
Greek«...»“...”‘...’U+20188216U+20198217
Hungarian„...”»...«’...’U+20198217U+20198217
Irish‘...’“...”‘...’U+20188216U+20198217
Italian«...»“...”‘...’U+20188216U+20198217
Lithuanian„...“„...“„...“U+201E8222U+201C8220
Latvian“...”“...”“...”U+201C8220U+201D8221
Maltese“...”‘...’“...”U+201C8220U+201D8221
Polish„...”»...«‘...’U+20188216U+20198217
Portuguese«...»“...”‘...’U+20188216U+20198217
Romanian„...”«...»„...”U+201E8222U+201D8221
Slovak„...“‚...‘«...»U+00AB171U+00BB187
Slovenian„...“‚...‘‚...‘U+201A8218U+20188216
Spanish«...»“...”‘...’U+20188216U+20198217
Swedish”...”’...’’...’U+20198217U+20198217

Reference: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/formex/physical-specifications/character-encoding/use-of-quotation-marks-in-the-different-languages

.

Name

period (ISO: full stop)

Unicode

002E

UTF-8

2E

,

Name

comma

Unicode

002C

UTF-8

2C

;

Name

semicolon (NB: Different from "Greek question mark")

Unicode

003B

UTF-8

3B

:

Name

colon

Unicode

003A

UTF-8

3A

?

Name

question mark

Unicode

003F

UTF-8

3F

¿

Name

inverted question mark

Unicode

00BF

UTF-8

C2BF

!

Name

exclamation mark

Unicode

0021

UTF-8

21

¡

Name

inverted exclamation mark

Unicode

00A1

UTF-8

C2A1

;

Name

Greek question mark (NB: Different from semicolon)

Unicode

037E

UTF-8

CDBE

·

Name

Greek middle dot (NB: Used as semicolon)

Unicode

0387

UTF-8

CE87

·

Name

middle dot (NB: Should not be used instead of 0387)

Unicode

00B7

UTF-8

C2B7

(

Name

opening parenthesis (ISO: left parenthesis)

Unicode

0028

UTF-8

28

)

Name

closing parenthesis (ISO: right parenthesis)

Unicode

0029

UTF-8

29

[

Name

opening square bracket (ISO: left square bracket)

Unicode

005B

UTF-8

5B

]

Name

closing square bracket (ISO: right square bracket)

Unicode

005D

UTF-8

5D

{

Name

opening curly bracket (ISO: left curly bracket)

Unicode

007B

UTF-8

7B

}

Name

closing curly bracket (ISO: right curly bracket)

Unicode

007D

UTF-8

7D

Name

left pointing angle bracket

Unicode

2329

UTF-8

E28CA9

Name

right pointing angle bracket

Unicode

232A

UTF-8

E28CAA