One can search place names that are written using syllabics characters or Aboriginal names written using special characters. To find these names, enter the equivalent characters provided in Table below. For the French names as well as European and Aboriginal names that contain vowels and consonants that are overlayed with accents, bars, cedile, etc, you may simply enter the Roman letter (in ASCII) without any accent, bar, cedile, etc.
Table: Equivalent characters - The following table displays the replacement characters sequence you need to search for syllabic characters. For all other French, European and Aboriginal characters, simply ignore the accents, e.g., "à" translate to "a".
| Character | Replacement | Character | Replacement | Character | Replacement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| & | * | ᖣ | luu | ᕈ | ru | ||
| | * | ᐹ | paa | ᖁ | qu | ||
| ᖅᑭ | qqi | ᑖ | taa | ᖢ | lu | ||
| ᖅᑯ | qqu | ᑳ | kaa | ᐸ | pa | ||
| ᖅᑲ | qqa | ᒑ | gaa | ᑕ | ta | ||
| ᙱ | nngi | ᒨ | maa | ᑲ | ka | ||
| ᙳ | nngu | ᓈ | naa | ᒐ | ga | ||
| ᙵ | nnga | ᓵ | saa | ᒪ | ma | ||
| ᖏ | ngi | ᓘ | laa | ᓇ | na | ||
| ᖑ | ngu | ᔮ | jaa | ᓴ | sa | ||
| ᖓ | nga | ᕚ | vaa | ᓚ | la | ||
| ᖕ | ng | ᕌ | raa | ᔭ | ja | ||
| ᐲ | pii | ᖥ | laa | ᕙ | va | ||
| ᖖ | nn | ᐱ | pi | ᕋ | ra | ||
| ᑏ | tii | ᑎ | ti | ᖃ | qa | ||
| ᑮ | kii | ᑭ | ki | ᖤ | la | ||
| ᒌ | gii | ᒋ | gi | ᑉ | p | ||
| ᒦ | mii | ᒥ | mi | ᑦ | t | ||
| ᓃ | nii | ᓂ | ni | ᒃ | k | ||
| ᓰ | sii | ᓯ | si | ᒡ | g | ||
| ᓖ | lii | ᓕ | li | ᒻ | m | ||
| ᔩ | jii | ᔨ | ji | ᓐ | n | ||
| ᕖ | vii | ᕕ | vi | ᔅ | s | ||
| ᕇ | rii | ᕆ | ri | ᓪ | l | ||
| ᖡ | lii | ᕿ | qi | ᔾ | j | ||
| ᐴ | puu | ᖠ | li | ᕝ | v | ||
| ᑑ | tuu | ᐳ | pu | ᕐ | r | ||
| ᑰ | kuu | ᑐ | tu | ᖅ | q | ||
| ᒎ | guu | ᑯ | ku | ᖦ | l | ||
| ᒨ | muu | ᒍ | gu | ᐄ | ii | ||
| ᓅ | nuu | ᒧ | mu | ᐆ | uu | ||
| ᓲ | suu | ᓄ | nu | ᐋ | aa | ||
| ᓘ | luu | ᓱ | su | ᐃ | i | ||
| ᔫ | juu | ᓗ | lu | ᐅ | u | ||
| ᕘ | vuu | ᔪ | ju | ᐊ | a | ||
| ᕉ | ruu | ᕗ | vu |