Here, usingjoomla.com would like to introduce you to IDNs - Internationalised Domain Names.
This article covers
"Most" domain names use ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) characters - latin letters (a - b) and /or numerals (0 - 9) and a hyphen (-)
The use of non-ASCII domain names began in about the year 2008 when Internationalised Domain Names began to emrge allowing domain names to be registered in "local" languages such as: Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Tamil, Hindu and Russian.
How non-ASCII domain names "work" is beyond the scope of this article - except to say that a series of conversions take place in your browser.
Below - we list some Internationalised Domain Names and their nearest English translation / equivalent.
If you spot an error or omission - please let us know.
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| IDN | Country / Language | English / ASCII Equivalent |
| .在线 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.online |
| .公司 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.company |
| .商城 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.mall |
| .八卦 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.gossip |
| .购物 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.shopping |
| .公益 | People's Republic of China / Chinese (Simplfied) |
.PublicWelfare (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
| .慈善 | People's Republic of China / Chinese (Simplified) |
.charity |
| .新闻 | People's Republic of China / Chinese (Simplified) |
.news |
| .手表 | People's Republic of China / Chinese (Simplified) |
.watch (Context: wrist watch) |
| .珠宝 | People's Republic of China / Chinese (Simplified) |
.jewelry |
| .世界 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.world |
| .移动 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.mobile |
| .我爱你 | People's Republic of China / Chinese | .ILoveYou (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
| .中國 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.china |
| .网站 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.website |
| .政府 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.government |
| .娱乐 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.entertainment |
| .机构 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.agency |
| .企业 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.enterprise |
| .游戏 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.game |
| .商标 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.trademark |
| .佛山 | People's Republic of China / Chinese | .foshan Foshan: City in People's Republic of China 佛山 中华人民共和国城市 |
| .广东 | People's Republic of China / Chinese | .guangdong Guangdong: Province in People's Republic of China 省份在 人们 中华民国 |
| .深圳 | People's Republic of China / Chinese | .shenzhen Shenzhen: City in People's Republic of China In province of Guangdong 深圳 中华人民共和国城市 位于广东省 |
| .移动 | People's Republic of China / Chinese |
.move |
| .公司.香港 | Hong Kong / Chinese | .Company.HongKong (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
| .網絡.香港 | Hong Kong / Chinese | .Network.HongKong (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
| .組織.香港 | Hong Kong / Chinese | .Organisation.HongKong (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
| .個人.香港 | Hong Kong / Chinese | .Personal.HongKong (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
| .香港 | Hong Kong / Chinese | .HongKong (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
| .政府.香港 | Hong Kong / Chinese | .Government.HongKong (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
| .網絡.香港 | Hong Kong / Chinese | .Internet.HongKong (Capitaqlisation used here for clarity) |
| .組織.香港 | Hong Kong / Chinese | .Internet.HongKong (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
| .教育.香港 | Hong Kong / Chinese | .Education.HongKong (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
| .台湾 | Taiwan (Republic of China) / Chinese |
.taiwan |
| .セール | Japan / Japanese |
.sale |
| .在线 | Japan / Japanese |
.online |
| .ストア | Japan / Japanese |
.store |
| .クラウド | Japan / Japanese |
.cloud |
| .みんな | Japan / Japanese |
.everyone |
| .コム | Japan / Japanese |
.com |
| .ファッション | Japan / Japanese |
.fashion |
| .ポイント | Japan / Japanese |
.point |
| .商店 | Japan / Japanese |
.store |
| .संगठन | India / Hindi |
.organisation |
| .कॉम | India / Hindi |
.com |
| .नेट | India / Hindi |
.net |
| .คอม | Thailand / Thai |
.com |
| .ไทย | Thailand / Thai |
.thai |
| .ธุรกิจ.ไทย | Thailand / Thai |
.business.thai |
| .닷컴 | Korea / Korean |
.com |
| .닷넷 | Korea / Korean |
.net |
| .한국 | Republic of Korea / Korean (South Korea) |
.korea |
| .дети | Russian Federation / Russian |
.children |
| .ком | Russian Federation / Russian |
.com |
| .онлайн | Russian Federation / Russian |
.online |
| .орг | Russian Federation / Russian |
.org |
| .сайт | Russian Federation / Russian |
.website |
| .рус | Russian Federation / Russian | .rus Shortened version of русский русский is Russian for: Russian |
| .москва | Russian Federation / Russian | .moscow Geographic IDN: Moscow |
| .католик | Russian Federation / Russian | .catholic Proposed IDN domain name |
| .ею | Russian Federation / Russian | .eu (European Union) |
| .рф | Russian Federation / Russian |
.ru |
| .нет.рф | Russian Federation / Russian |
.net.ru |
| .kom.рф | Russian Federation / Russian |
.com.ru |
| .opr.рф | Russian Federation / Russian | .org.ru Russian Organisations |
.ελ |
Greece / Greek | .gr |
.қаз |
Kazakhstan / Kazakh | .kaz |
.moh |
Mongolia / Mongolian | .mon |
| .упр.срб | Serbia / Serbian | .gov.srb Government Departments of Serbia |
| .ак.срб | Serbia / Serbian | .ac.srb Academic / Educational institutions of Serbia |
پاکستان. |
Pakistan / Urdu > | .pakistan |
| .இலங்கை | Sri lanka / Tamil | .SriLanka (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
| .ලංකා | Sri Lanka / Sinhala | .SriLanka (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
.мкд |
Macedonian / Macedonia | .mkd |
.বাংলা |
Bangladesh / Bangla | .bangla |
.சிங்கப்பூர் |
Singapore / Tamil | .singapore |
| .бел | Belarus / Belarusian Беларусь / Беларуская |
.bel |
| .ഭാരതം | India / Malayalam |
.india |
| .భారత్ | India / Telugu |
.india |
| .भारतम् | India / Sanskrit |
.india |
| .ಭಾರತ | India / Kanada |
.india |
| .भारोत | India / Marathi |
.india |
| .ଭାରତ | India / Odian |
.india |
| .ভাৰত | India / Assamese |
.india |
| .ভারত | India / Bengali |
.india |
| .ભારત | India / Gujarati |
.india |
| .ਭਾਰਤ | India / Punjabi |
.india |
| .कंपनी.भारत | India / Hindi |
.company.india |
| .కంపెనీ.భారత్ | India / Telugu |
.company.india |
| .কোম্পানি.ভারত | India / Bengali |
.company.india |
| .કંપની.ભારત | India / Gujarati |
.company.india |
| .ਕੰਪਨੀ.ਭਾਰਤ | India / Punjabi |
.company.india |
| .நிறுவனம்.இந்தியா | India / Tamil |
.company.india |
| .გე | Georgia / Georgian |
.ge |
| .укр | Ukraine / Ukrainian Україна / укр |
.ukr |
| شبكة. | Arabic * |
.network |
| موقع. | Arabic * | .site (To be verified / confirmed) |
| امارات. | United Arab Emirates / Arabic * |
.emirates |
| اتصالات. | United Arab Emirates / Arabic * | .etisalat The Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, known as Etisalat |
| السعودية. | Saudi Arabia / Arabic * | .SaudiArabia (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
| ارامكو. | Saudi Arabia / Arabic * | .aramco Saudi Arabian Oil Company commonly known as Aramco. |
| العليان. | Saudi Arabia / Arabic * | .Al-Olayan (Capitalisation here for clarity) Used by the Olayan Group, a private multinational enterprise based in Saudi Arabia. |
| اموبايلي. | Saudi Arabia / Arabic * | .mobilty A mobile telecommunications company in Saudi Arabia. |
| فلسطين. | Palestine / Arabic * |
.palestine |
| مصر. | Egypt / Arabic * |
.egypt |
| الاردن. | Jordan / Arabic * |
.jordan |
| البحرين. | Bahrain / Arabic * |
.bahrain |
| قطر. | Qatar / Arabic * |
.qatar |
| كاثوليك. | Arabic * | .catholic Managed by the Pontifical Council for Social Communication, a part of the Vatican which aims to universally unite the Roman Catholic institutions. |
| كوم. | Arabic * |
.com |
| عمان. | Sultanate of Oman / Arabic * |
.oman |
| موريتانيا. | Mauritania / Arabic * |
.mauritania |
| سورية. | Syria / Arabic * |
.syria |
| ماليزيا. | Malaysia / Arabic * |
.malaysia |
| ایران. | Iran / Arabic * |
.iran |
| عراق. | Iraq / Arabic * |
.iraq |
| المغرب. | Morocco / Arabic * |
.morroco |
| عرب. | Arabic * |
.arab |
| بيتك. | Arabic * | .YourHome (Capitalisation used here for clarity) |
| سودان. | Sudan / Arabic * |
.sudan |
| الجزائر. | Algeria / Arabic * |
.algeria |
| קום. | Hebrew * |
.com |
| ישראל. | Israel / Hebrew * |
.israel |
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Here, as an addition to our main article above, we present Brand / Branded IDN domain extensions.
  Brand / Branded Internationalised Domain Name Extensions |
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| IDN | Country Language |
English / ASCII Equivalent Brand owner |
| .中信 | People's Republic of China Chinese |
.citic CITIC Group Corporation Ltd., Formerly the China International Trust Investment Corporation |
| .香格里拉 | People's Republic of China Chinese |
.shangri-la Shangri-La International Hotel Management Limited |
| .淡马锡 | People's Republic of China Chinese |
.temasek Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited |
| .大众汽车 | People's Republic of China Chinese |
.volkswagen Volkswagen (China) Investment Co., Ltd. |
| .谷歌 | People's Republic of China Chinese |
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| .工行 | People's Republic of China Chinese |
.icbc Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited |
| .嘉里 | People's Republic of China Chinese |
.kerry Kerry Trading Co. Limited |
| .嘉里大酒店 | People's Republic of China Chinese |
.kerryhotel Kerry Trading Co. Limited |
| .電訊盈科 | People's Republic of China Chinese |
.philips Koninklijke Philips N.V. |
| .诺基亚 | People's Republic of China Chinese |
.nokia Nokia Corporation |
| .電訊盈科 | People's Republic of China Chinese |
.pccw PCCW Limited (Formerly known as Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited) |
| .삼성 | Republic of Korea Korean |
.samsung Samsung |
| .グーグル | Japan Japanese |
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To read more about Branded Domain extensions, please visit our article: Branded Domains
The following are not available publicly - the .test (dot test) is a reserved top-level domain used to test websites as an alternative to testing webpages / websites using the default localhost. But we add these IDN .test extensions in their IDN formats for your interest and to try and make this article as complete as possible.
Internationalised Domain Names - 'Test' extension |
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| IDN | Country / Language | English / ASCII Equivalent |
.испытание |
Russian Federation / Russian | .test |
.テスト |
Japan / Japanese | .test |
.δοκιμή |
Greece / Greek | .test |
.테스트 |
Korea / Korean | .test |
.测试 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese (Simplified) | .test |
.測試 |
People's Republic of China / Chinese (Traditional) | .test |
.பரிட்சை |
India / Tamil | .test |
.परीक्षा |
India / Hindi | .test |
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