Remove accents/diacritics in a string in JavaScript

Question

How do I remove accentuated characters from a string? Especially in IE6, I had something like this:

accentsTidy = function(s){
    var r=s.toLowerCase();
    r = r.replace(new RegExp(/\s/g),"");
    r = r.replace(new RegExp(/[àáâãäå]/g),"a");
    r = r.replace(new RegExp(/æ/g),"ae");
    r = r.replace(new RegExp(/ç/g),"c");
    r = r.replace(new RegExp(/[èéêë]/g),"e");
    r = r.replace(new RegExp(/[ìíîï]/g),"i");
    r = r.replace(new RegExp(/ñ/g),"n");                
    r = r.replace(new RegExp(/[òóôõö]/g),"o");
    r = r.replace(new RegExp(/œ/g),"oe");
    r = r.replace(new RegExp(/[ùúûü]/g),"u");
    r = r.replace(new RegExp(/[ýÿ]/g),"y");
    r = r.replace(new RegExp(/\W/g),"");
    return r;
};

but IE6 bugs me, seems it doesn't like my regular expression.

Answer 1

With ES2015/ES6 String.prototype.normalize(),

const str = "Crème Brulée"
str.normalize("NFD").replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, "")
> "Creme Brulee"

Note: use NFKD if you want things like \uFB01(fi) normalized (to fi).

Two things are happening here:

1. normalize()ing to NFD Unicode normal form decomposes combined graphemes into the combination of simple ones. The è of Crème ends up expressed as e + ̀.
2. Using a regex character class to match the U+0300 → U+036F range, it is now trivial to globally get rid of the diacritics, which the Unicode standard conveniently groups as the Combining Diacritical Marks Unicode block.

As of 2021, one can also use Unicode property escapes:

str.normalize("NFD").replace(/\p{Diacritic}/gu, "")

See comment for performance testing.

Alternatively, if you just want sorting

Intl.Collator has sufficient support ~95% right now, a polyfill is also available here but I haven't tested it.

const c = new Intl.Collator();
["creme brulee", "crème brulée", "crame brulai", "crome brouillé",
"creme brulay", "creme brulfé", "creme bruléa"].sort(c.compare)
["crame brulai", "creme brulay", "creme bruléa", "creme brulee",
"crème brulée", "creme brulfé", "crome brouillé"]


["creme brulee", "crème brulée", "crame brulai", "crome brouillé"].sort((a,b) => a>b)
["crame brulai", "creme brulee", "crome brouillé", "crème brulée"]

Answer 2

I slightly modified khel version for one reason: Every regexp parse/replace will cost O(n) operations, where n is number of characters in target text. But, regexp is not exactly what we need. So:

/*
   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
*/
    var defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap = [
        {'base':'A', 'letters':'\u0041\u24B6\uFF21\u00C0\u00C1\u00C2\u1EA6\u1EA4\u1EAA\u1EA8\u00C3\u0100\u0102\u1EB0\u1EAE\u1EB4\u1EB2\u0226\u01E0\u00C4\u01DE\u1EA2\u00C5\u01FA\u01CD\u0200\u0202\u1EA0\u1EAC\u1EB6\u1E00\u0104\u023A\u2C6F'},
        {'base':'AA','letters':'\uA732'},
        {'base':'AE','letters':'\u00C6\u01FC\u01E2'},
        {'base':'AO','letters':'\uA734'},
        {'base':'AU','letters':'\uA736'},
        {'base':'AV','letters':'\uA738\uA73A'},
        {'base':'AY','letters':'\uA73C'},
        {'base':'B', 'letters':'\u0042\u24B7\uFF22\u1E02\u1E04\u1E06\u0243\u0182\u0181'},
        {'base':'C', 'letters':'\u0043\u24B8\uFF23\u0106\u0108\u010A\u010C\u00C7\u1E08\u0187\u023B\uA73E'},
        {'base':'D', 'letters':'\u0044\u24B9\uFF24\u1E0A\u010E\u1E0C\u1E10\u1E12\u1E0E\u0110\u018B\u018A\u0189\uA779\u00D0'},
        {'base':'DZ','letters':'\u01F1\u01C4'},
        {'base':'Dz','letters':'\u01F2\u01C5'},
        {'base':'E', 'letters':'\u0045\u24BA\uFF25\u00C8\u00C9\u00CA\u1EC0\u1EBE\u1EC4\u1EC2\u1EBC\u0112\u1E14\u1E16\u0114\u0116\u00CB\u1EBA\u011A\u0204\u0206\u1EB8\u1EC6\u0228\u1E1C\u0118\u1E18\u1E1A\u0190\u018E'},
        {'base':'F', 'letters':'\u0046\u24BB\uFF26\u1E1E\u0191\uA77B'},
        {'base':'G', 'letters':'\u0047\u24BC\uFF27\u01F4\u011C\u1E20\u011E\u0120\u01E6\u0122\u01E4\u0193\uA7A0\uA77D\uA77E'},
        {'base':'H', 'letters':'\u0048\u24BD\uFF28\u0124\u1E22\u1E26\u021E\u1E24\u1E28\u1E2A\u0126\u2C67\u2C75\uA78D'},
        {'base':'I', 'letters':'\u0049\u24BE\uFF29\u00CC\u00CD\u00CE\u0128\u012A\u012C\u0130\u00CF\u1E2E\u1EC8\u01CF\u0208\u020A\u1ECA\u012E\u1E2C\u0197'},
        {'base':'J', 'letters':'\u004A\u24BF\uFF2A\u0134\u0248'},
        {'base':'K', 'letters':'\u004B\u24C0\uFF2B\u1E30\u01E8\u1E32\u0136\u1E34\u0198\u2C69\uA740\uA742\uA744\uA7A2'},
        {'base':'L', 'letters':'\u004C\u24C1\uFF2C\u013F\u0139\u013D\u1E36\u1E38\u013B\u1E3C\u1E3A\u0141\u023D\u2C62\u2C60\uA748\uA746\uA780'},
        {'base':'LJ','letters':'\u01C7'},
        {'base':'Lj','letters':'\u01C8'},
        {'base':'M', 'letters':'\u004D\u24C2\uFF2D\u1E3E\u1E40\u1E42\u2C6E\u019C'},
        {'base':'N', 'letters':'\u004E\u24C3\uFF2E\u01F8\u0143\u00D1\u1E44\u0147\u1E46\u0145\u1E4A\u1E48\u0220\u019D\uA790\uA7A4'},
        {'base':'NJ','letters':'\u01CA'},
        {'base':'Nj','letters':'\u01CB'},
        {'base':'O', 'letters':'\u004F\u24C4\uFF2F\u00D2\u00D3\u00D4\u1ED2\u1ED0\u1ED6\u1ED4\u00D5\u1E4C\u022C\u1E4E\u014C\u1E50\u1E52\u014E\u022E\u0230\u00D6\u022A\u1ECE\u0150\u01D1\u020C\u020E\u01A0\u1EDC\u1EDA\u1EE0\u1EDE\u1EE2\u1ECC\u1ED8\u01EA\u01EC\u00D8\u01FE\u0186\u019F\uA74A\uA74C'},
        {'base':'OI','letters':'\u01A2'},
        {'base':'OO','letters':'\uA74E'},
        {'base':'OU','letters':'\u0222'},
        {'base':'OE','letters':'\u008C\u0152'},
        {'base':'oe','letters':'\u009C\u0153'},
        {'base':'P', 'letters':'\u0050\u24C5\uFF30\u1E54\u1E56\u01A4\u2C63\uA750\uA752\uA754'},
        {'base':'Q', 'letters':'\u0051\u24C6\uFF31\uA756\uA758\u024A'},
        {'base':'R', 'letters':'\u0052\u24C7\uFF32\u0154\u1E58\u0158\u0210\u0212\u1E5A\u1E5C\u0156\u1E5E\u024C\u2C64\uA75A\uA7A6\uA782'},
        {'base':'S', 'letters':'\u0053\u24C8\uFF33\u1E9E\u015A\u1E64\u015C\u1E60\u0160\u1E66\u1E62\u1E68\u0218\u015E\u2C7E\uA7A8\uA784'},
        {'base':'T', 'letters':'\u0054\u24C9\uFF34\u1E6A\u0164\u1E6C\u021A\u0162\u1E70\u1E6E\u0166\u01AC\u01AE\u023E\uA786'},
        {'base':'TZ','letters':'\uA728'},
        {'base':'U', 'letters':'\u0055\u24CA\uFF35\u00D9\u00DA\u00DB\u0168\u1E78\u016A\u1E7A\u016C\u00DC\u01DB\u01D7\u01D5\u01D9\u1EE6\u016E\u0170\u01D3\u0214\u0216\u01AF\u1EEA\u1EE8\u1EEE\u1EEC\u1EF0\u1EE4\u1E72\u0172\u1E76\u1E74\u0244'},
        {'base':'V', 'letters':'\u0056\u24CB\uFF36\u1E7C\u1E7E\u01B2\uA75E\u0245'},
        {'base':'VY','letters':'\uA760'},
        {'base':'W', 'letters':'\u0057\u24CC\uFF37\u1E80\u1E82\u0174\u1E86\u1E84\u1E88\u2C72'},
        {'base':'X', 'letters':'\u0058\u24CD\uFF38\u1E8A\u1E8C'},
        {'base':'Y', 'letters':'\u0059\u24CE\uFF39\u1EF2\u00DD\u0176\u1EF8\u0232\u1E8E\u0178\u1EF6\u1EF4\u01B3\u024E\u1EFE'},
        {'base':'Z', 'letters':'\u005A\u24CF\uFF3A\u0179\u1E90\u017B\u017D\u1E92\u1E94\u01B5\u0224\u2C7F\u2C6B\uA762'},
        {'base':'a', 'letters':'\u0061\u24D0\uFF41\u1E9A\u00E0\u00E1\u00E2\u1EA7\u1EA5\u1EAB\u1EA9\u00E3\u0101\u0103\u1EB1\u1EAF\u1EB5\u1EB3\u0227\u01E1\u00E4\u01DF\u1EA3\u00E5\u01FB\u01CE\u0201\u0203\u1EA1\u1EAD\u1EB7\u1E01\u0105\u2C65\u0250'},
        {'base':'aa','letters':'\uA733'},
        {'base':'ae','letters':'\u00E6\u01FD\u01E3'},
        {'base':'ao','letters':'\uA735'},
        {'base':'au','letters':'\uA737'},
        {'base':'av','letters':'\uA739\uA73B'},
        {'base':'ay','letters':'\uA73D'},
        {'base':'b', 'letters':'\u0062\u24D1\uFF42\u1E03\u1E05\u1E07\u0180\u0183\u0253'},
        {'base':'c', 'letters':'\u0063\u24D2\uFF43\u0107\u0109\u010B\u010D\u00E7\u1E09\u0188\u023C\uA73F\u2184'},
        {'base':'d', 'letters':'\u0064\u24D3\uFF44\u1E0B\u010F\u1E0D\u1E11\u1E13\u1E0F\u0111\u018C\u0256\u0257\uA77A'},
        {'base':'dz','letters':'\u01F3\u01C6'},
        {'base':'e', 'letters':'\u0065\u24D4\uFF45\u00E8\u00E9\u00EA\u1EC1\u1EBF\u1EC5\u1EC3\u1EBD\u0113\u1E15\u1E17\u0115\u0117\u00EB\u1EBB\u011B\u0205\u0207\u1EB9\u1EC7\u0229\u1E1D\u0119\u1E19\u1E1B\u0247\u025B\u01DD'},
        {'base':'f', 'letters':'\u0066\u24D5\uFF46\u1E1F\u0192\uA77C'},
        {'base':'g', 'letters':'\u0067\u24D6\uFF47\u01F5\u011D\u1E21\u011F\u0121\u01E7\u0123\u01E5\u0260\uA7A1\u1D79\uA77F'},
        {'base':'h', 'letters':'\u0068\u24D7\uFF48\u0125\u1E23\u1E27\u021F\u1E25\u1E29\u1E2B\u1E96\u0127\u2C68\u2C76\u0265'},
        {'base':'hv','letters':'\u0195'},
        {'base':'i', 'letters':'\u0069\u24D8\uFF49\u00EC\u00ED\u00EE\u0129\u012B\u012D\u00EF\u1E2F\u1EC9\u01D0\u0209\u020B\u1ECB\u012F\u1E2D\u0268\u0131'},
        {'base':'j', 'letters':'\u006A\u24D9\uFF4A\u0135\u01F0\u0249'},
        {'base':'k', 'letters':'\u006B\u24DA\uFF4B\u1E31\u01E9\u1E33\u0137\u1E35\u0199\u2C6A\uA741\uA743\uA745\uA7A3'},
        {'base':'l', 'letters':'\u006C\u24DB\uFF4C\u0140\u013A\u013E\u1E37\u1E39\u013C\u1E3D\u1E3B\u017F\u0142\u019A\u026B\u2C61\uA749\uA781\uA747'},
        {'base':'lj','letters':'\u01C9'},
        {'base':'m', 'letters':'\u006D\u24DC\uFF4D\u1E3F\u1E41\u1E43\u0271\u026F'},
        {'base':'n', 'letters':'\u006E\u24DD\uFF4E\u01F9\u0144\u00F1\u1E45\u0148\u1E47\u0146\u1E4B\u1E49\u019E\u0272\u0149\uA791\uA7A5'},
        {'base':'nj','letters':'\u01CC'},
        {'base':'o', 'letters':'\u006F\u24DE\uFF4F\u00F2\u00F3\u00F4\u1ED3\u1ED1\u1ED7\u1ED5\u00F5\u1E4D\u022D\u1E4F\u014D\u1E51\u1E53\u014F\u022F\u0231\u00F6\u022B\u1ECF\u0151\u01D2\u020D\u020F\u01A1\u1EDD\u1EDB\u1EE1\u1EDF\u1EE3\u1ECD\u1ED9\u01EB\u01ED\u00F8\u01FF\u0254\uA74B\uA74D\u0275'},
        {'base':'oi','letters':'\u01A3'},
        {'base':'ou','letters':'\u0223'},
        {'base':'oo','letters':'\uA74F'},
        {'base':'p','letters':'\u0070\u24DF\uFF50\u1E55\u1E57\u01A5\u1D7D\uA751\uA753\uA755'},
        {'base':'q','letters':'\u0071\u24E0\uFF51\u024B\uA757\uA759'},
        {'base':'r','letters':'\u0072\u24E1\uFF52\u0155\u1E59\u0159\u0211\u0213\u1E5B\u1E5D\u0157\u1E5F\u024D\u027D\uA75B\uA7A7\uA783'},
        {'base':'s','letters':'\u0073\u24E2\uFF53\u00DF\u015B\u1E65\u015D\u1E61\u0161\u1E67\u1E63\u1E69\u0219\u015F\u023F\uA7A9\uA785\u1E9B'},
        {'base':'t','letters':'\u0074\u24E3\uFF54\u1E6B\u1E97\u0165\u1E6D\u021B\u0163\u1E71\u1E6F\u0167\u01AD\u0288\u2C66\uA787'},
        {'base':'tz','letters':'\uA729'},
        {'base':'u','letters': '\u0075\u24E4\uFF55\u00F9\u00FA\u00FB\u0169\u1E79\u016B\u1E7B\u016D\u00FC\u01DC\u01D8\u01D6\u01DA\u1EE7\u016F\u0171\u01D4\u0215\u0217\u01B0\u1EEB\u1EE9\u1EEF\u1EED\u1EF1\u1EE5\u1E73\u0173\u1E77\u1E75\u0289'},
        {'base':'v','letters':'\u0076\u24E5\uFF56\u1E7D\u1E7F\u028B\uA75F\u028C'},
        {'base':'vy','letters':'\uA761'},
        {'base':'w','letters':'\u0077\u24E6\uFF57\u1E81\u1E83\u0175\u1E87\u1E85\u1E98\u1E89\u2C73'},
        {'base':'x','letters':'\u0078\u24E7\uFF58\u1E8B\u1E8D'},
        {'base':'y','letters':'\u0079\u24E8\uFF59\u1EF3\u00FD\u0177\u1EF9\u0233\u1E8F\u00FF\u1EF7\u1E99\u1EF5\u01B4\u024F\u1EFF'},
        {'base':'z','letters':'\u007A\u24E9\uFF5A\u017A\u1E91\u017C\u017E\u1E93\u1E95\u01B6\u0225\u0240\u2C6C\uA763'}
    ];

    var diacriticsMap = {};
    for (var i=0; i < defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap .length; i++){
        var letters = defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap [i].letters;
        for (var j=0; j < letters.length ; j++){
            diacriticsMap[letters[j]] = defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap [i].base;
        }
    }

    // "what?" version ... http://jsperf.com/diacritics/12
    function removeDiacritics (str) {
        return str.replace(/[^\u0000-\u007E]/g, function(a){ 
           return diacriticsMap[a] || a; 
        });
    }    
    var paragraph = "L'avantage d'utiliser le lorem ipsum est bien     évidemment de pouvoir créer des maquettes ou de remplir un site internet de contenus qui présentent un rendu s'approchant un maximum du rendu final. \n Par défaut lorem ipsum ne contient pas d'accent ni de caractères spéciaux contrairement à la langue française qui en contient beaucoup. C'est sur ce critère que nous proposons une solution avec cet outil qui générant du faux-texte lorem ipsum mais avec en plus, des caractères spéciaux tel que les accents ou certains symboles utiles pour la langue française. \n L'utilisation du lorem standard est facile d’utilisation mais lorsque le futur client utilisera votre logiciel il se peut que certains caractères spéciaux ou qu'un accent ne soient pas codés correctement. \n Cette page a pour but donc de pouvoir perdre le moins de temps possible et donc de tester directement si tous les encodages de base de donnée ou des sites sont les bons de plus il permet de récuperer un code css avec le texte formaté !";
    alert(removeDiacritics(paragraph));

To test my theory I wrote a test in http://jsperf.com/diacritics/12. Results:

Testing in Chrome 28.0.1500.95 32-bit on Windows 8 64-bit:
Using Regexp
4,558 ops/sec ±4.16%. 37% slower
String Builder style
7,308 ops/sec ±4.88%. fastest

Update

Testing in Chrome 33.0.1750 on Windows 8 64-bit:

Using Regexp
5,260 ±1.25% ops/sec 76% slower
Using @skerit version
22,138 ±2.12% ops/sec fastest

Update - 19/03/2014

Adding missing "OE" diacritics.

Update - 27/03/2014

Using a faster way to transverse a string using js - "What?" Version

Update - 14/05/2014

Community wiki

Answer 3

A more complete version with case sensitive support, ligatures and whatnot. Original source at: http://lehelk.com/2011/05/06/script-to-remove-diacritics/

var defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap = [
    {'base':'A', 'letters':/[\u0041\u24B6\uFF21\u00C0\u00C1\u00C2\u1EA6\u1EA4\u1EAA\u1EA8\u00C3\u0100\u0102\u1EB0\u1EAE\u1EB4\u1EB2\u0226\u01E0\u00C4\u01DE\u1EA2\u00C5\u01FA\u01CD\u0200\u0202\u1EA0\u1EAC\u1EB6\u1E00\u0104\u023A\u2C6F]/g},
    {'base':'AA','letters':/[\uA732]/g},
    {'base':'AE','letters':/[\u00C6\u01FC\u01E2]/g},
    {'base':'AO','letters':/[\uA734]/g},
    {'base':'AU','letters':/[\uA736]/g},
    {'base':'AV','letters':/[\uA738\uA73A]/g},
    {'base':'AY','letters':/[\uA73C]/g},
    {'base':'B', 'letters':/[\u0042\u24B7\uFF22\u1E02\u1E04\u1E06\u0243\u0182\u0181]/g},
    {'base':'C', 'letters':/[\u0043\u24B8\uFF23\u0106\u0108\u010A\u010C\u00C7\u1E08\u0187\u023B\uA73E]/g},
    {'base':'D', 'letters':/[\u0044\u24B9\uFF24\u1E0A\u010E\u1E0C\u1E10\u1E12\u1E0E\u0110\u018B\u018A\u0189\uA779]/g},
    {'base':'DZ','letters':/[\u01F1\u01C4]/g},
    {'base':'Dz','letters':/[\u01F2\u01C5]/g},
    {'base':'E', 'letters':/[\u0045\u24BA\uFF25\u00C8\u00C9\u00CA\u1EC0\u1EBE\u1EC4\u1EC2\u1EBC\u0112\u1E14\u1E16\u0114\u0116\u00CB\u1EBA\u011A\u0204\u0206\u1EB8\u1EC6\u0228\u1E1C\u0118\u1E18\u1E1A\u0190\u018E]/g},
    {'base':'F', 'letters':/[\u0046\u24BB\uFF26\u1E1E\u0191\uA77B]/g},
    {'base':'G', 'letters':/[\u0047\u24BC\uFF27\u01F4\u011C\u1E20\u011E\u0120\u01E6\u0122\u01E4\u0193\uA7A0\uA77D\uA77E]/g},
    {'base':'H', 'letters':/[\u0048\u24BD\uFF28\u0124\u1E22\u1E26\u021E\u1E24\u1E28\u1E2A\u0126\u2C67\u2C75\uA78D]/g},
    {'base':'I', 'letters':/[\u0049\u24BE\uFF29\u00CC\u00CD\u00CE\u0128\u012A\u012C\u0130\u00CF\u1E2E\u1EC8\u01CF\u0208\u020A\u1ECA\u012E\u1E2C\u0197]/g},
    {'base':'J', 'letters':/[\u004A\u24BF\uFF2A\u0134\u0248]/g},
    {'base':'K', 'letters':/[\u004B\u24C0\uFF2B\u1E30\u01E8\u1E32\u0136\u1E34\u0198\u2C69\uA740\uA742\uA744\uA7A2]/g},
    {'base':'L', 'letters':/[\u004C\u24C1\uFF2C\u013F\u0139\u013D\u1E36\u1E38\u013B\u1E3C\u1E3A\u0141\u023D\u2C62\u2C60\uA748\uA746\uA780]/g},
    {'base':'LJ','letters':/[\u01C7]/g},
    {'base':'Lj','letters':/[\u01C8]/g},
    {'base':'M', 'letters':/[\u004D\u24C2\uFF2D\u1E3E\u1E40\u1E42\u2C6E\u019C]/g},
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];
var changes;
function removeDiacritics (str) {
    if(!changes) {
        changes = defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap;
    }
    for(var i=0; i<changes.length; i++) {
        str = str.replace(changes[i].letters, changes[i].base);
    }
    return str;
}

Answer 4

Here is a very fast script based on the Unicode standard, taken from here: http://semplicewebsites.com/removing-accents-javascript

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String.prototype.latinise=function(){return this.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\[\] ]/g,function(a){return Latinise.latin_map[a]||a})};
String.prototype.latinize=String.prototype.latinise;
String.prototype.isLatin=function(){return this==this.latinise()}

Some examples:

> "Piqué".latinize();
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> "Piqué".isLatin();
false
> "Pique".isLatin();
true
> "Piqué".latinise().isLatin();
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var Latinise={};Latinise.latin_map=JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(escape(atob(base64map))));

Answer 5

You can use the _.deburr() method from the Lodash library.

It's available as a stand-alone NPM package lodash.deburr, or as part of the lodash package.

const myStringWithAccent = 'Mon café est plein de caféïne';
const myStringWithoutAccent = _.deburr( myStringWithAccent, );

The result will be : "Mon cafe est plein de cafeine"

Answer 6

The format for new RegExp is

RegExp(something, 'modifiers');

So you would want

accentsTidy = function(s){
                        var r=s.toLowerCase();
                        r = r.replace(new RegExp("\\s", 'g'),"");
                        r = r.replace(new RegExp("[àáâãäå]", 'g'),"a");
                        r = r.replace(new RegExp("æ", 'g'),"ae");
                        r = r.replace(new RegExp("ç", 'g'),"c");
                        r = r.replace(new RegExp("[èéêë]", 'g'),"e");
                        r = r.replace(new RegExp("[ìíîï]", 'g'),"i");
                        r = r.replace(new RegExp("ñ", 'g'),"n");                            
                        r = r.replace(new RegExp("[òóôõö]", 'g'),"o");
                        r = r.replace(new RegExp("œ", 'g'),"oe");
                        r = r.replace(new RegExp("[ùúûü]", 'g'),"u");
                        r = r.replace(new RegExp("[ýÿ]", 'g'),"y");
                        r = r.replace(new RegExp("\\W", 'g'),"");
                        return r;
                };

Answer 7

Shortened code based on the excellent solution by Ian Elliott:

accentsTidy = function(s){
    var r = s.toLowerCase();
    non_asciis = {'a': '[àáâãäå]', 'ae': 'æ', 'c': 'ç', 'e': '[èéêë]', 'i': '[ìíîï]', 'n': 'ñ', 'o': '[òóôõö]', 'oe': 'œ', 'u': '[ùúûűü]', 'y': '[ýÿ]'};
    for (i in non_asciis) { r = r.replace(new RegExp(non_asciis[i], 'g'), i); }
    return r;
};

Edit: Corrected non-working code

Answer 8

In NPM there is a package for this: latinize

It's a very good package to solve this issue.

Answer 9

There's a lot out there, but I think this one is simple and good enough:

 function remove_accents(strAccents) {
    var strAccents = strAccents.split('');
    var strAccentsOut = new Array();
    var strAccentsLen = strAccents.length;
    var accents =    "ÀÁÂÃÄÅàáâãäåÒÓÔÕÕÖØòóôõöøÈÉÊËèéêëÇçðÐÌÍÎÏìíîïÙÚÛÜùúûüÑñŠšŸÿýŽž";
    var accentsOut = "AAAAAAaaaaaaOOOOOOOooooooEEEEeeeeCcdDIIIIiiiiUUUUuuuuNnSsYyyZz";
    for (var y = 0; y < strAccentsLen; y++) {
        if (accents.indexOf(strAccents[y]) != -1) {
            strAccentsOut[y] = accentsOut.substr(accents.indexOf(strAccents[y]), 1);
        } else
            strAccentsOut[y] = strAccents[y];
    }
    strAccentsOut = strAccentsOut.join('');

    return strAccentsOut;
}

If you also want to remove special characters and transform spaces and hyphens in underscores, do this:

string = remove_accents(string);
string = string.replace(/[^a-z0-9\s]/gi, '').replace(/[-\s]/g, '_');

Answer 10

One solution that seems to be way faster by the given test : http://jsperf.com/diacritics/9

function removeDiacritics(str) {
   return str.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\s]+/g, function(a){
      return diacriticsMap[a] || a; 
   });
}
removeDiacritics(teste);

Working example: http://jsbin.com/sovorute/1/edit

Reasoning: One reason this is much faster is because we only iterate through the special characters, picked by the negated regex pattern. The fastest of the tests (String Iteration without in) iterates 1001 on the given text, which means every character. This one iterates only 35 times and outputs the same result. Keep in mind that this will only replace what is indicated in the map.

Classic article on the subject: http://alistapart.com/article/accent-folding-for-auto-complete

Credit: http://semplicewebsites.com/removing-accents-javascript , also provides a nice character map.

Answer 11

A simpler way to replace the diacriticals.

function replaceDiacritics(str){

  var diacritics = [
    {char: 'A', base: /[\300-\306]/g},
    {char: 'a', base: /[\340-\346]/g},
    {char: 'E', base: /[\310-\313]/g},
    {char: 'e', base: /[\350-\353]/g},
    {char: 'I', base: /[\314-\317]/g},
    {char: 'i', base: /[\354-\357]/g},
    {char: 'O', base: /[\322-\330]/g},
    {char: 'o', base: /[\362-\370]/g},
    {char: 'U', base: /[\331-\334]/g},
    {char: 'u', base: /[\371-\374]/g},
    {char: 'N', base: /[\321]/g},
    {char: 'n', base: /[\361]/g},
    {char: 'C', base: /[\307]/g},
    {char: 'c', base: /[\347]/g}
  ]

  diacritics.forEach(function(letter){
    str = str.replace(letter.base, letter.char);
  });

  return str;
};

Answer 12

I have forked billy's code http://jsfiddle.net/billybraga/UHmnf/ (from his post) into this: http://jsfiddle.net/infralabs/dJX58/

I corrected transcription of ſ and ß characters and also added coversion of these ones: Þþ, Ðð, Ŋŋ, IJij, Œœ.

The modified snippet is below:

var defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap = [{
    'base': "A",
        'letters': /(A|Ⓐ|Ａ|À|Á|Â|Ầ|Ấ|Ẫ|Ẩ|Ã|Ā|Ă|Ằ|Ắ|Ẵ|Ẳ|Ȧ|Ǡ|Ä|Ǟ|Ả|Å|Ǻ|Ǎ|Ȁ|Ȃ|Ạ|Ậ|Ặ|Ḁ|Ą|Ⱥ|Ɐ|[\u0041\u24B6\uFF21\u00C0\u00C1\u00C2\u1EA6\u1EA4\u1EAA\u1EA8\u00C3\u0100\u0102\u1EB0\u1EAE\u1EB4\u1EB2\u0226\u01E0\u00C4\u01DE\u1EA2\u00C5\u01FA\u01CD\u0200\u0202\u1EA0\u1EAC\u1EB6\u1E00\u0104\u023A\u2C6F])/g
}, {
    'base': "AA",
        'letters': /(Ꜳ|[\uA732])/g
}, {
    'base': "AE",
        'letters': /(Æ|Ǽ|Ǣ|[\u00C6\u01FC\u01E2])/g
}, {
    'base': "AO",
        'letters': /(Ꜵ|[\uA734])/g
}, {
    'base': "AU",
        'letters': /(Ꜷ|[\uA736])/g
}, {
    'base': "AV",
        'letters': /(Ꜹ|Ꜻ|[\uA738\uA73A])/g
}, {
    'base': "AY",
        'letters': /(Ꜽ|[\uA73C])/g
}, {
    'base': "B",
        'letters': /(B|Ⓑ|Ｂ|Ḃ|Ḅ|Ḇ|Ƀ|Ƃ|Ɓ|[\u0042\u24B7\uFF22\u1E02\u1E04\u1E06\u0243\u0182\u0181])/g
}, {
    'base': "C",
        'letters': /(C|Ⓒ|Ｃ|Ć|Ĉ|Ċ|Č|Ç|Ḉ|Ƈ|Ȼ|Ꜿ|[\u0043\u24B8\uFF23\u0106\u0108\u010A\u010C\u00C7\u1E08\u0187\u023B\uA73E])/g
}, {
    'base': "D",
        'letters': /(D|Ⓓ|Ｄ|Ḋ|Ď|Ḍ|Ḑ|Ḓ|Ḏ|Đ|Ƌ|Ɗ|Ɖ|Ꝺ|Ð|[\u0044\u24B9\uFF24\u1E0A\u010E\u1E0C\u1E10\u1E12\u1E0E\u0110\u018B\u018A\u0189\uA779\u00D0])/g
}, {
    'base': "DZ",
        'letters': /(DZ|DŽ|[\u01F1\u01C4])/g
}, {
    'base': "Dz",
        'letters': /(Dz|Dž|[\u01F2\u01C5])/g
}, {
    'base': "E",
        'letters': /(E|Ⓔ|Ｅ|È|É|Ê|Ề|Ế|Ễ|Ể|Ẽ|Ē|Ḕ|Ḗ|Ĕ|Ė|Ë|Ẻ|Ě|Ȅ|Ȇ|Ẹ|Ệ|Ȩ|Ḝ|Ę|Ḙ|Ḛ|Ɛ|Ǝ|[\u0045\u24BA\uFF25\u00C8\u00C9\u00CA\u1EC0\u1EBE\u1EC4\u1EC2\u1EBC\u0112\u1E14\u1E16\u0114\u0116\u00CB\u1EBA\u011A\u0204\u0206\u1EB8\u1EC6\u0228\u1E1C\u0118\u1E18\u1E1A\u0190\u018E])/g
}, {
    'base': "F",
        'letters': /(F|Ⓕ|Ｆ|Ḟ|Ƒ|Ꝼ|[\u0046\u24BB\uFF26\u1E1E\u0191\uA77B])/g
}, {
    'base': "G",
        'letters': /(G|Ⓖ|Ｇ|Ǵ|Ĝ|Ḡ|Ğ|Ġ|Ǧ|Ģ|Ǥ|Ɠ|Ꞡ|Ᵹ|Ꝿ|[\u0047\u24BC\uFF27\u01F4\u011C\u1E20\u011E\u0120\u01E6\u0122\u01E4\u0193\uA7A0\uA77D\uA77E])/g
}, {
    'base': "H",
        'letters': /(H|Ⓗ|Ｈ|Ĥ|Ḣ|Ḧ|Ȟ|Ḥ|Ḩ|Ḫ|Ħ|Ⱨ|Ⱶ|Ɥ|[\u0048\u24BD\uFF28\u0124\u1E22\u1E26\u021E\u1E24\u1E28\u1E2A\u0126\u2C67\u2C75\uA78D])/g
}, {
    'base': "I",
        'letters': /(I|Ⓘ|Ｉ|Ì|Í|Î|Ĩ|Ī|Ĭ|İ|Ï|Ḯ|Ỉ|Ǐ|Ȉ|Ȋ|Ị|Į|Ḭ|Ɨ|[\u0049\u24BE\uFF29\u00CC\u00CD\u00CE\u0128\u012A\u012C\u0130\u00CF\u1E2E\u1EC8\u01CF\u0208\u020A\u1ECA\u012E\u1E2C\u0197])/g
}, {
    'base': "J",
        'letters': /(J|Ⓙ|Ｊ|Ĵ|Ɉ|[\u004A\u24BF\uFF2A\u0134\u0248])/g
}, {
    'base': "K",
        'letters': /(K|Ⓚ|Ｋ|Ḱ|Ǩ|Ḳ|Ķ|Ḵ|Ƙ|Ⱪ|Ꝁ|Ꝃ|Ꝅ|Ꞣ|[\u004B\u24C0\uFF2B\u1E30\u01E8\u1E32\u0136\u1E34\u0198\u2C69\uA740\uA742\uA744\uA7A2])/g
}, {
    'base': "L",
        'letters': /(L|Ⓛ|Ｌ|Ŀ|Ĺ|Ľ|Ḷ|Ḹ|Ļ|Ḽ|Ḻ|Ł|Ƚ|Ɫ|Ⱡ|Ꝉ|Ꝇ|Ꞁ|[\u004C\u24C1\uFF2C\u013F\u0139\u013D\u1E36\u1E38\u013B\u1E3C\u1E3A\u0141\u023D\u2C62\u2C60\uA748\uA746\uA780])/g
}, {
    'base': "LJ",
        'letters': /(LJ|[\u01C7])/g
}, {
    'base': "Lj",
        'letters': /(Lj|[\u01C8])/g
}, {
    'base': "M",
        'letters': /(M|Ⓜ|Ｍ|Ḿ|Ṁ|Ṃ|Ɱ|Ɯ|[\u004D\u24C2\uFF2D\u1E3E\u1E40\u1E42\u2C6E\u019C])/g
}, {
    'base': "N",
        'letters': /(N|Ⓝ|Ｎ|Ǹ|Ń|Ñ|Ṅ|Ň|Ṇ|Ņ|Ṋ|Ṉ|Ƞ|Ɲ|Ꞑ|Ꞥ|Ŋ|[\u004E\u24C3\uFF2E\u01F8\u0143\u00D1\u1E44\u0147\u1E46\u0145\u1E4A\u1E48\u0220\u019D\uA790\uA7A4\u014A])/g
}, {
    'base': "NJ",
        'letters': /(NJ|[\u01CA])/g
}, {
    'base': "Nj",
        'letters': /(Nj|[\u01CB])/g
}, {
    'base': "O",
        'letters': /(O|Ⓞ|Ｏ|Ò|Ó|Ô|Ồ|Ố|Ỗ|Ổ|Õ|Ṍ|Ȭ|Ṏ|Ō|Ṑ|Ṓ|Ŏ|Ȯ|Ȱ|Ö|Ȫ|Ỏ|Ő|Ǒ|Ȍ|Ȏ|Ơ|Ờ|Ớ|Ỡ|Ở|Ợ|Ọ|Ộ|Ǫ|Ǭ|Ø|Ǿ|Ɔ|Ɵ|Ꝋ|Ꝍ|[\u004F\u24C4\uFF2F\u00D2\u00D3\u00D4\u1ED2\u1ED0\u1ED6\u1ED4\u00D5\u1E4C\u022C\u1E4E\u014C\u1E50\u1E52\u014E\u022E\u0230\u00D6\u022A\u1ECE\u0150\u01D1\u020C\u020E\u01A0\u1EDC\u1EDA\u1EE0\u1EDE\u1EE2\u1ECC\u1ED8\u01EA\u01EC\u00D8\u01FE\u0186\u019F\uA74A\uA74C])/g
}, {
    'base': "OE",
        'letters': /(Œ|[\u0152])/g
}, {
    'base': "OI",
        'letters': /(Ƣ|[\u01A2])/g
}, {
    'base': "OO",
        'letters': /(Ꝏ|[\uA74E])/g
}, {
    'base': "OU",
        'letters': /(Ȣ|[\u0222])/g
}, {
    'base': "P",
        'letters': /(P|Ⓟ|Ｐ|Ṕ|Ṗ|Ƥ|Ᵽ|Ꝑ|Ꝓ|Ꝕ|[\u0050\u24C5\uFF30\u1E54\u1E56\u01A4\u2C63\uA750\uA752\uA754])/g
}, {
    'base': "Q",
        'letters': /(Q|Ⓠ|Ｑ|Ꝗ|Ꝙ|Ɋ|[\u0051\u24C6\uFF31\uA756\uA758\u024A])/g
}, {
    'base': "R",
        'letters': /(R|Ⓡ|Ｒ|Ŕ|Ṙ|Ř|Ȑ|Ȓ|Ṛ|Ṝ|Ŗ|Ṟ|Ɍ|Ɽ|Ꝛ|Ꞧ|Ꞃ|[\u0052\u24C7\uFF32\u0154\u1E58\u0158\u0210\u0212\u1E5A\u1E5C\u0156\u1E5E\u024C\u2C64\uA75A\uA7A6\uA782])/g
}, {
    'base': "S",
        'letters': /(S|Ⓢ|Ｓ|ẞ|Ś|Ṥ|Ŝ|Ṡ|Š|Ṧ|Ṣ|Ṩ|Ș|Ş|Ȿ|Ꞩ|Ꞅ|[\u0053\u24C8\uFF33\u1E9E\u015A\u1E64\u015C\u1E60\u0160\u1E66\u1E62\u1E68\u0218\u015E\u2C7E\uA7A8\uA784])/g
}, {
    'base': "T",
        'letters': /(T|Ⓣ|Ｔ|Ṫ|Ť|Ṭ|Ț|Ţ|Ṱ|Ṯ|Ŧ|Ƭ|Ʈ|Ⱦ|Ꞇ|[\u0054\u24C9\uFF34\u1E6A\u0164\u1E6C\u021A\u0162\u1E70\u1E6E\u0166\u01AC\u01AE\u023E\uA786])/g
}, {
    'base': "TH",
        'letters': /(Þ|[\u00DE])/g
}, {
    'base': "TZ",
        'letters': /(Ꜩ|[\uA728])/g
}, {
    'base': "U",
        'letters': /(U|Ⓤ|Ｕ|Ù|Ú|Û|Ũ|Ṹ|Ū|Ṻ|Ŭ|Ü|Ǜ|Ǘ|Ǖ|Ǚ|Ủ|Ů|Ű|Ǔ|Ȕ|Ȗ|Ư|Ừ|Ứ|Ữ|Ử|Ự|Ụ|Ṳ|Ų|Ṷ|Ṵ|Ʉ|[\u0055\u24CA\uFF35\u00D9\u00DA\u00DB\u0168\u1E78\u016A\u1E7A\u016C\u00DC\u01DB\u01D7\u01D5\u01D9\u1EE6\u016E\u0170\u01D3\u0214\u0216\u01AF\u1EEA\u1EE8\u1EEE\u1EEC\u1EF0\u1EE4\u1E72\u0172\u1E76\u1E74\u0244])/g
}, {
    'base': "V",
        'letters': /(V|Ⓥ|Ｖ|Ṽ|Ṿ|Ʋ|Ꝟ|Ʌ|[\u0056\u24CB\uFF36\u1E7C\u1E7E\u01B2\uA75E\u0245])/g
}, {
    'base': "VY",
        'letters': /(Ꝡ|[\uA760])/g
}, {
    'base': "W",
        'letters': /(W|Ⓦ|Ｗ|Ẁ|Ẃ|Ŵ|Ẇ|Ẅ|Ẉ|Ⱳ|[\u0057\u24CC\uFF37\u1E80\u1E82\u0174\u1E86\u1E84\u1E88\u2C72])/g
}, {
    'base': "X",
        'letters': /(X|Ⓧ|Ｘ|Ẋ|Ẍ|[\u0058\u24CD\uFF38\u1E8A\u1E8C])/g
}, {
    'base': "Y",
        'letters': /(Y|Ⓨ|Ｙ|Ỳ|Ý|Ŷ|Ỹ|Ȳ|Ẏ|Ÿ|Ỷ|Ỵ|Ƴ|Ɏ|Ỿ|[\u0059\u24CE\uFF39\u1EF2\u00DD\u0176\u1EF8\u0232\u1E8E\u0178\u1EF6\u1EF4\u01B3\u024E\u1EFE])/g
}, {
    'base': "Z",
        'letters': /(Z|Ⓩ|Ｚ|Ź|Ẑ|Ż|Ž|Ẓ|Ẕ|Ƶ|Ȥ|Ɀ|Ⱬ|Ꝣ|[\u005A\u24CF\uFF3A\u0179\u1E90\u017B\u017D\u1E92\u1E94\u01B5\u0224\u2C7F\u2C6B\uA762])/g
}, {
    'base': "a",
        'letters': /(a|ⓐ|ａ|ẚ|à|á|â|ầ|ấ|ẫ|ẩ|ã|ā|ă|ằ|ắ|ẵ|ẳ|ȧ|ǡ|ä|ǟ|ả|å|ǻ|ǎ|ȁ|ȃ|ạ|ậ|ặ|ḁ|ą|ⱥ|ɐ|[\u0061\u24D0\uFF41\u1E9A\u00E0\u00E1\u00E2\u1EA7\u1EA5\u1EAB\u1EA9\u00E3\u0101\u0103\u1EB1\u1EAF\u1EB5\u1EB3\u0227\u01E1\u00E4\u01DF\u1EA3\u00E5\u01FB\u01CE\u0201\u0203\u1EA1\u1EAD\u1EB7\u1E01\u0105\u2C65\u0250])/g
}, {
    'base': "aa",
        'letters': /(ꜳ|[\uA733])/g
}, {
    'base': "ae",
        'letters': /(æ|ǽ|ǣ|[\u00E6\u01FD\u01E3])/g
}, {
    'base': "ao",
        'letters': /(ꜵ|[\uA735])/g
}, {
    'base': "au",
        'letters': /(ꜷ|[\uA737])/g
}, {
    'base': "av",
        'letters': /(ꜹ|ꜻ|[\uA739\uA73B])/g
}, {
    'base': "ay",
        'letters': /(ꜽ|[\uA73D])/g
}, {
    'base': "b",
        'letters': /(b|ⓑ|ｂ|ḃ|ḅ|ḇ|ƀ|ƃ|ɓ|[\u0062\u24D1\uFF42\u1E03\u1E05\u1E07\u0180\u0183\u0253])/g
}, {
    'base': "c",
        'letters': /(c|ⓒ|ｃ|ć|ĉ|ċ|č|ç|ḉ|ƈ|ȼ|ꜿ|ↄ|[\u0063\u24D2\uFF43\u0107\u0109\u010B\u010D\u00E7\u1E09\u0188\u023C\uA73F\u2184])/g
}, {
    'base': "d",
        'letters': /(d|ⓓ|ｄ|ḋ|ď|ḍ|ḑ|ḓ|ḏ|đ|ƌ|ɖ|ɗ|ꝺ|ð|[\u0064\u24D3\uFF44\u1E0B\u010F\u1E0D\u1E11\u1E13\u1E0F\u0111\u018C\u0256\u0257\uA77A\u00F0])/g
}, {
    'base': "dz",
        'letters': /(dz|dž|[\u01F3\u01C6])/g
}, {
    'base': "e",
        'letters': /(e|ⓔ|ｅ|è|é|ê|ề|ế|ễ|ể|ẽ|ē|ḕ|ḗ|ĕ|ė|ë|ẻ|ě|ȅ|ȇ|ẹ|ệ|ȩ|ḝ|ę|ḙ|ḛ|ɇ|ɛ|ǝ|[\u0065\u24D4\uFF45\u00E8\u00E9\u00EA\u1EC1\u1EBF\u1EC5\u1EC3\u1EBD\u0113\u1E15\u1E17\u0115\u0117\u00EB\u1EBB\u011B\u0205\u0207\u1EB9\u1EC7\u0229\u1E1D\u0119\u1E19\u1E1B\u0247\u025B\u01DD])/g
}, {
    'base': "f",
        'letters': /(f|ⓕ|ｆ|ḟ|ƒ|ꝼ|[\u0066\u24D5\uFF46\u1E1F\u0192\uA77C])/g
}, {
    'base': "g",
        'letters': /(g|ⓖ|ｇ|ǵ|ĝ|ḡ|ğ|ġ|ǧ|ģ|ǥ|ɠ|ꞡ|ᵹ|ꝿ|[\u0067\u24D6\uFF47\u01F5\u011D\u1E21\u011F\u0121\u01E7\u0123\u01E5\u0260\uA7A1\u1D79\uA77F])/g
}, {
    'base': "h",
        'letters': /(h|ⓗ|ｈ|ĥ|ḣ|ḧ|ȟ|ḥ|ḩ|ḫ|ẖ|ħ|ⱨ|ⱶ|ɥ|[\u0068\u24D7\uFF48\u0125\u1E23\u1E27\u021F\u1E25\u1E29\u1E2B\u1E96\u0127\u2C68\u2C76\u0265])/g
}, {
    'base': "hv",
        'letters': /(ƕ|[\u0195])/g
}, {
    'base': "i",
        'letters': /(i|ⓘ|ｉ|ì|í|î|ĩ|ī|ĭ|ï|ḯ|ỉ|ǐ|ȉ|ȋ|ị|į|ḭ|ɨ|ı|[\u0069\u24D8\uFF49\u00EC\u00ED\u00EE\u0129\u012B\u012D\u00EF\u1E2F\u1EC9\u01D0\u0209\u020B\u1ECB\u012F\u1E2D\u0268\u0131])/g
}, {
    'base': "ij",
        'letters': /(ij|[\u0133])/g
}, {
    'base': "j",
        'letters': /(j|ⓙ|ｊ|ĵ|ǰ|ɉ|[\u006A\u24D9\uFF4A\u0135\u01F0\u0249])/g
}, {
    'base': "k",
        'letters': /(k|ⓚ|ｋ|ḱ|ǩ|ḳ|ķ|ḵ|ƙ|ⱪ|ꝁ|ꝃ|ꝅ|ꞣ|[\u006B\u24DA\uFF4B\u1E31\u01E9\u1E33\u0137\u1E35\u0199\u2C6A\uA741\uA743\uA745\uA7A3])/g
}, {
    'base': "l",
        'letters': /(l|ⓛ|ｌ|ŀ|ĺ|ľ|ḷ|ḹ|ļ|ḽ|ḻ|ł|ƚ|ɫ|ⱡ|ꝉ|ꞁ|ꝇ|[\u006C\u24DB\uFF4C\u0140\u013A\u013E\u1E37\u1E39\u013C\u1E3D\u1E3B\u0142\u019A\u026B\u2C61\uA749\uA781\uA747])/g
}, {
    'base': "lj",
        'letters': /(lj|[\u01C9])/g
}, {
    'base': "m",
        'letters': /(m|ⓜ|ｍ|ḿ|ṁ|ṃ|ɱ|ɯ|[\u006D\u24DC\uFF4D\u1E3F\u1E41\u1E43\u0271\u026F])/g
}, {
    'base': "n",
        'letters': /(n|ⓝ|ｎ|ǹ|ń|ñ|ṅ|ň|ṇ|ņ|ṋ|ṉ|ƞ|ɲ|ʼn|ꞑ|ꞥ|ŋ|[\u006E\u24DD\uFF4E\u01F9\u0144\u00F1\u1E45\u0148\u1E47\u0146\u1E4B\u1E49\u019E\u0272\u0149\uA791\uA7A5\u014B])/g
}, {
    'base': "nj",
        'letters': /(nj|[\u01CC])/g
}, {
    'base': "o",
        'letters': /(o|ⓞ|ｏ|ò|ó|ô|ồ|ố|ỗ|ổ|õ|ṍ|ȭ|ṏ|ō|ṑ|ṓ|ŏ|ȯ|ȱ|ö|ȫ|ỏ|ő|ǒ|ȍ|ȏ|ơ|ờ|ớ|ỡ|ở|ợ|ọ|ộ|ǫ|ǭ|ø|ǿ|ɔ|ꝋ|ꝍ|ɵ|[\u006F\u24DE\uFF4F\u00F2\u00F3\u00F4\u1ED3\u1ED1\u1ED7\u1ED5\u00F5\u1E4D\u022D\u1E4F\u014D\u1E51\u1E53\u014F\u022F\u0231\u00F6\u022B\u1ECF\u0151\u01D2\u020D\u020F\u01A1\u1EDD\u1EDB\u1EE1\u1EDF\u1EE3\u1ECD\u1ED9\u01EB\u01ED\u00F8\u01FF\u0254\uA74B\uA74D\u0275])/g
}, {
    'base': "oe",
        'letters': /(œ|[\u0153])/g
}, {
    'base': "oi",
        'letters': /(ƣ|[\u01A3])/g
}, {
    'base': "ou",
        'letters': /(ȣ|[\u0223])/g
}, {
    'base': "oo",
        'letters': /(ꝏ|[\uA74F])/g
}, {
    'base': "p",
        'letters': /(p|ⓟ|ｐ|ṕ|ṗ|ƥ|ᵽ|ꝑ|ꝓ|ꝕ|[\u0070\u24DF\uFF50\u1E55\u1E57\u01A5\u1D7D\uA751\uA753\uA755])/g
}, {
    'base': "q",
        'letters': /(q|ⓠ|ｑ|ɋ|ꝗ|ꝙ|[\u0071\u24E0\uFF51\u024B\uA757\uA759])/g
}, {
    'base': "r",
        'letters': /(r|ⓡ|ｒ|ŕ|ṙ|ř|ȑ|ȓ|ṛ|ṝ|ŗ|ṟ|ɍ|ɽ|ꝛ|ꞧ|ꞃ|[\u0072\u24E1\uFF52\u0155\u1E59\u0159\u0211\u0213\u1E5B\u1E5D\u0157\u1E5F\u024D\u027D\uA75B\uA7A7\uA783])/g
}, {
    'base': "s",
        'letters': /(s|ⓢ|ｓ|ś|ṥ|ŝ|ṡ|š|ṧ|ṣ|ṩ|ș|ş|ȿ|ꞩ|ꞅ|ẛ|ſ|[\u0073\u24E2\uFF53\u015B\u1E65\u015D\u1E61\u0161\u1E67\u1E63\u1E69\u0219\u015F\u023F\uA7A9\uA785\u1E9B\u017F])/g
}, {
    'base': "ss",
        'letters': /(ß|[\u00DF])/g
}, {
    'base': "t",
        'letters': /(t|ⓣ|ｔ|ṫ|ẗ|ť|ṭ|ț|ţ|ṱ|ṯ|ŧ|ƭ|ʈ|ⱦ|ꞇ|[\u0074\u24E3\uFF54\u1E6B\u1E97\u0165\u1E6D\u021B\u0163\u1E71\u1E6F\u0167\u01AD\u0288\u2C66\uA787])/g
}, {
    'base': "th",
        'letters': /(þ|[\u00FE])/g
}, {
    'base': "tz",
        'letters': /(ꜩ|[\uA729])/g
}, {
    'base': "u",
        'letters': /(u|ⓤ|ｕ|ù|ú|û|ũ|ṹ|ū|ṻ|ŭ|ü|ǜ|ǘ|ǖ|ǚ|ủ|ů|ű|ǔ|ȕ|ȗ|ư|ừ|ứ|ữ|ử|ự|ụ|ṳ|ų|ṷ|ṵ|ʉ|[\u0075\u24E4\uFF55\u00F9\u00FA\u00FB\u0169\u1E79\u016B\u1E7B\u016D\u00FC\u01DC\u01D8\u01D6\u01DA\u1EE7\u016F\u0171\u01D4\u0215\u0217\u01B0\u1EEB\u1EE9\u1EEF\u1EED\u1EF1\u1EE5\u1E73\u0173\u1E77\u1E75\u0289])/g
}, {
    'base': "v",
        'letters': /(v|ⓥ|ｖ|ṽ|ṿ|ʋ|ꝟ|ʌ|[\u0076\u24E5\uFF56\u1E7D\u1E7F\u028B\uA75F\u028C])/g
}, {
    'base': "vy",
        'letters': /(ꝡ|[\uA761])/g
}, {
    'base': "w",
        'letters': /(w|ⓦ|ｗ|ẁ|ẃ|ŵ|ẇ|ẅ|ẘ|ẉ|ⱳ|[\u0077\u24E6\uFF57\u1E81\u1E83\u0175\u1E87\u1E85\u1E98\u1E89\u2C73])/g
}, {
    'base': "x",
        'letters': /(x|ⓧ|ｘ|ẋ|ẍ|[\u0078\u24E7\uFF58\u1E8B\u1E8D])/g
}, {
    'base': "y",
        'letters': /(y|ⓨ|ｙ|ỳ|ý|ŷ|ỹ|ȳ|ẏ|ÿ|ỷ|ẙ|ỵ|ƴ|ɏ|ỿ|[\u0079\u24E8\uFF59\u1EF3\u00FD\u0177\u1EF9\u0233\u1E8F\u00FF\u1EF7\u1E99\u1EF5\u01B4\u024F\u1EFF])/g
}, {
    'base': "z",
        'letters': /(z|ⓩ|ｚ|ź|ẑ|ż|ž|ẓ|ẕ|ƶ|ȥ|ɀ|ⱬ|ꝣ|[\u007A\u24E9\uFF5A\u017A\u1E91\u017C\u017E\u1E93\u1E95\u01B6\u0225\u0240\u2C6C\uA763])/g
}];

Answer 13

I use GitHub Jakub Dundalek's repository Latinize.js.

var latinize = require('latinize');
latinize('ỆᶍǍᶆṔƚÉ áéíóúýčďěňřšťžů'); // => 'ExAmPlE aeiouycdenrstzu'

Answer 14

Tested fastest way to remove diacritics from the string that covers almost all characters. Came to know that this is the best performing method among all others

Diacritics Map

var diacriticsMap = {
'\u0041': 'A','\u24B6': 'A','\uFF21': 'A','\u00C0': 'A','\u00C1': 'A','\u00C2': 'A','\u1EA6': 'A','\u1EA4': 'A','\u1EAA': 'A','\u1EA8': 'A',
'\u00C3': 'A','\u0100': 'A','\u0102': 'A','\u1EB0': 'A','\u1EAE': 'A','\u1EB4': 'A','\u1EB2': 'A','\u0226': 'A','\u01E0': 'A','\u00C4': 'A',
'\u01DE': 'A','\u1EA2': 'A','\u00C5': 'A','\u01FA': 'A','\u01CD': 'A','\u0200': 'A','\u0202': 'A','\u1EA0': 'A','\u1EAC': 'A','\u1EB6': 'A',
'\u1E00': 'A','\u0104': 'A','\u023A': 'A','\u2C6F': 'A',

'\uA732': 'AA',
'\u00C6': 'AE','\u01FC': 'AE','\u01E2': 'AE',
'\uA734': 'AO',
'\uA736': 'AU',
'\uA738': 'AV','\uA73A': 'AV',
'\uA73C': 'AY',
'\u0042': 'B','\u24B7': 'B','\uFF22': 'B','\u1E02': 'B','\u1E04': 'B','\u1E06': 'B','\u0243': 'B','\u0182': 'B','\u0181': 'B',

'\u0043': 'C','\u24B8': 'C','\uFF23': 'C','\u0106': 'C','\u0108': 'C','\u010A': 'C','\u010C': 'C','\u00C7': 'C','\u1E08': 'C','\u0187': 'C',
'\u023B': 'C','\uA73E': 'C',

'\u0044': 'D','\u24B9': 'D','\uFF24': 'D','\u1E0A': 'D','\u010E': 'D','\u1E0C': 'D','\u1E10': 'D','\u1E12': 'D','\u1E0E': 'D','\u0110': 'D',
'\u018B': 'D','\u018A': 'D','\u0189': 'D','\uA779': 'D',

'\u01F1': 'DZ','\u01C4': 'DZ',
'\u01F2': 'Dz','\u01C5': 'Dz',

'\u0045': 'E','\u24BA': 'E','\uFF25': 'E','\u00C8': 'E','\u00C9': 'E','\u00CA': 'E','\u1EC0': 'E','\u1EBE': 'E','\u1EC4': 'E','\u1EC2': 'E',
'\u1EBC': 'E','\u0112': 'E','\u1E14': 'E','\u1E16': 'E','\u0114': 'E','\u0116': 'E','\u00CB': 'E','\u1EBA': 'E','\u011A': 'E','\u0204': 'E',
'\u0206': 'E','\u1EB8': 'E','\u1EC6': 'E','\u0228': 'E','\u1E1C': 'E','\u0118': 'E','\u1E18': 'E','\u1E1A': 'E','\u0190': 'E','\u018E': 'E',

'\u0046': 'F','\u24BB': 'F','\uFF26': 'F','\u1E1E': 'F','\u0191': 'F','\uA77B': 'F',

'\u0047': 'G','\u24BC': 'G','\uFF27': 'G','\u01F4': 'G','\u011C': 'G','\u1E20': 'G','\u011E': 'G','\u0120': 'G','\u01E6': 'G','\u0122': 'G',
'\u01E4': 'G','\u0193': 'G','\uA7A0': 'G','\uA77D': 'G','\uA77E': 'G',

'\u0048': 'H','\u24BD': 'H','\uFF28': 'H','\u0124': 'H','\u1E22': 'H','\u1E26': 'H','\u021E': 'H','\u1E24': 'H','\u1E28': 'H','\u1E2A': 'H',
'\u0126': 'H','\u2C67': 'H','\u2C75': 'H','\uA78D': 'H',

'\u0049': 'I','\u24BE': 'I','\uFF29': 'I','\u00CC': 'I','\u00CD': 'I','\u00CE': 'I','\u0128': 'I','\u012A': 'I','\u012C': 'I','\u0130': 'I',
'\u00CF': 'I','\u1E2E': 'I','\u1EC8': 'I','\u01CF': 'I','\u0208': 'I','\u020A': 'I','\u1ECA': 'I','\u012E': 'I','\u1E2C': 'I','\u0197': 'I',

'\u004A': 'J','\u24BF': 'J','\uFF2A': 'J','\u0134': 'J','\u0248': 'J',

'\u004B': 'K','\u24C0': 'K','\uFF2B': 'K','\u1E30': 'K','\u01E8': 'K','\u1E32': 'K','\u0136': 'K','\u1E34': 'K','\u0198': 'K','\u2C69': 'K',
'\uA740': 'K','\uA742': 'K','\uA744': 'K','\uA7A2': 'K',

'\u004C': 'L','\u24C1': 'L','\uFF2C': 'L','\u013F': 'L','\u0139': 'L','\u013D': 'L','\u1E36': 'L','\u1E38': 'L','\u013B': 'L','\u1E3C': 'L',
'\u1E3A': 'L','\u0141': 'L','\u023D': 'L','\u2C62': 'L','\u2C60': 'L','\uA748': 'L','\uA746': 'L','\uA780': 'L',

'\u01C7': 'LJ',
'\u01C8': 'Lj',
'\u004D': 'M','\u24C2': 'M','\uFF2D': 'M','\u1E3E': 'M','\u1E40': 'M','\u1E42': 'M','\u2C6E': 'M','\u019C': 'M',

'\u004E': 'N','\u24C3': 'N','\uFF2E': 'N','\u01F8': 'N','\u0143': 'N','\u00D1': 'N','\u1E44': 'N','\u0147': 'N','\u1E46': 'N','\u0145': 'N',
'\u1E4A': 'N','\u1E48': 'N','\u0220': 'N','\u019D': 'N','\uA790': 'N','\uA7A4': 'N',

'\u01CA': 'NJ',
'\u01CB': 'Nj',

'\u004F': 'O','\u24C4': 'O','\uFF2F': 'O','\u00D2': 'O','\u00D3': 'O','\u00D4': 'O','\u1ED2': 'O','\u1ED0': 'O','\u1ED6': 'O','\u1ED4': 'O',
'\u00D5': 'O','\u1E4C': 'O','\u022C': 'O','\u1E4E': 'O','\u014C': 'O','\u1E50': 'O','\u1E52': 'O','\u014E': 'O','\u022E': 'O','\u0230': 'O',
'\u00D6': 'O','\u022A': 'O','\u1ECE': 'O','\u0150': 'O','\u01D1': 'O','\u020C': 'O','\u020E': 'O','\u01A0': 'O','\u1EDC': 'O','\u1EDA': 'O',
'\u1EE0': 'O','\u1EDE': 'O','\u1EE2': 'O','\u1ECC': 'O','\u1ED8': 'O','\u01EA': 'O','\u01EC': 'O','\u00D8': 'O','\u01FE': 'O','\u0186': 'O',
'\u019F': 'O','\uA74A': 'O','\uA74C': 'O',

'\u01A2': 'OI',
'\uA74E': 'OO',
'\u0222': 'OU',
'\u0050': 'P','\u24C5': 'P','\uFF30': 'P','\u1E54': 'P','\u1E56': 'P','\u01A4': 'P','\u2C63': 'P','\uA750': 'P','\uA752': 'P','\uA754': 'P',
'\u0051': 'Q','\u24C6': 'Q','\uFF31': 'Q','\uA756': 'Q','\uA758': 'Q','\u024A': 'Q',

'\u0052': 'R','\u24C7': 'R','\uFF32': 'R','\u0154': 'R','\u1E58': 'R','\u0158': 'R','\u0210': 'R','\u0212': 'R','\u1E5A': 'R','\u1E5C': 'R',
'\u0156': 'R','\u1E5E': 'R','\u024C': 'R','\u2C64': 'R','\uA75A': 'R','\uA7A6': 'R','\uA782': 'R',

'\u0053': 'S','\u24C8': 'S','\uFF33': 'S','\u1E9E': 'S','\u015A': 'S','\u1E64': 'S','\u015C': 'S','\u1E60': 'S','\u0160': 'S','\u1E66': 'S',
'\u1E62': 'S','\u1E68': 'S','\u0218': 'S','\u015E': 'S','\u2C7E': 'S','\uA7A8': 'S','\uA784': 'S',

'\u0054': 'T','\u24C9': 'T','\uFF34': 'T','\u1E6A': 'T','\u0164': 'T','\u1E6C': 'T','\u021A': 'T','\u0162': 'T','\u1E70': 'T','\u1E6E': 'T',
'\u0166': 'T','\u01AC': 'T','\u01AE': 'T','\u023E': 'T','\uA786': 'T',

'\uA728': 'TZ',

'\u0055': 'U','\u24CA': 'U','\uFF35': 'U','\u00D9': 'U','\u00DA': 'U','\u00DB': 'U','\u0168': 'U','\u1E78': 'U','\u016A': 'U','\u1E7A': 'U',
'\u016C': 'U','\u00DC': 'U','\u01DB': 'U','\u01D7': 'U','\u01D5': 'U','\u01D9': 'U','\u1EE6': 'U','\u016E': 'U','\u0170': 'U','\u01D3': 'U',
'\u0214': 'U','\u0216': 'U','\u01AF': 'U','\u1EEA': 'U','\u1EE8': 'U','\u1EEE': 'U','\u1EEC': 'U','\u1EF0': 'U','\u1EE4': 'U','\u1E72': 'U',
'\u0172': 'U','\u1E76': 'U','\u1E74': 'U','\u0244': 'U',

'\u0056': 'V','\u24CB': 'V','\uFF36': 'V','\u1E7C': 'V','\u1E7E': 'V','\u01B2': 'V','\uA75E': 'V','\u0245': 'V',
'\uA760': 'VY',
'\u0057': 'W','\u24CC': 'W','\uFF37': 'W','\u1E80': 'W','\u1E82': 'W','\u0174': 'W','\u1E86': 'W','\u1E84': 'W','\u1E88': 'W','\u2C72': 'W',
'\u0058': 'X','\u24CD': 'X','\uFF38': 'X','\u1E8A': 'X','\u1E8C': 'X',

'\u0059': 'Y','\u24CE': 'Y','\uFF39': 'Y','\u1EF2': 'Y','\u00DD': 'Y','\u0176': 'Y','\u1EF8': 'Y','\u0232': 'Y','\u1E8E': 'Y','\u0178': 'Y',
'\u1EF6': 'Y','\u1EF4': 'Y','\u01B3': 'Y','\u024E': 'Y','\u1EFE': 'Y',

'\u005A': 'Z','\u24CF': 'Z','\uFF3A': 'Z','\u0179': 'Z','\u1E90': 'Z','\u017B': 'Z','\u017D': 'Z','\u1E92': 'Z','\u1E94': 'Z','\u01B5': 'Z',
'\u0224': 'Z','\u2C7F': 'Z','\u2C6B': 'Z','\uA762': 'Z',

'\u0061': 'a','\u24D0': 'a','\uFF41': 'a','\u1E9A': 'a','\u00E0': 'a','\u00E1': 'a','\u00E2': 'a','\u1EA7': 'a','\u1EA5': 'a','\u1EAB': 'a',
'\u1EA9': 'a','\u00E3': 'a','\u0101': 'a','\u0103': 'a','\u1EB1': 'a','\u1EAF': 'a','\u1EB5': 'a','\u1EB3': 'a','\u0227': 'a','\u01E1': 'a',
'\u00E4': 'a','\u01DF': 'a','\u1EA3': 'a','\u00E5': 'a','\u01FB': 'a','\u01CE': 'a','\u0201': 'a','\u0203': 'a','\u1EA1': 'a','\u1EAD': 'a',
'\u1EB7': 'a','\u1E01': 'a','\u0105': 'a','\u2C65': 'a','\u0250': 'a',

'\uA733': 'aa',
'\u00E6': 'ae','\u01FD': 'ae','\u01E3': 'ae',
'\uA735': 'ao',
'\uA737': 'au',
'\uA739': 'av','\uA73B': 'av',
'\uA73D': 'ay',
'\u0062': 'b','\u24D1': 'b','\uFF42': 'b','\u1E03': 'b','\u1E05': 'b','\u1E07': 'b','\u0180': 'b','\u0183': 'b','\u0253': 'b',

'\u0063': 'c','\u24D2': 'c','\uFF43': 'c','\u0107': 'c','\u0109': 'c','\u010B': 'c','\u010D': 'c','\u00E7': 'c','\u1E09': 'c','\u0188': 'c',
'\u023C': 'c','\uA73F': 'c','\u2184': 'c',

'\u0064': 'd','\u24D3': 'd','\uFF44': 'd','\u1E0B': 'd','\u010F': 'd','\u1E0D': 'd','\u1E11': 'd','\u1E13': 'd','\u1E0F': 'd','\u0111': 'd',
'\u018C': 'd','\u0256': 'd','\u0257': 'd','\uA77A': 'd',

'\u01F3': 'dz','\u01C6': 'dz',

'\u0065': 'e','\u24D4': 'e','\uFF45': 'e','\u00E8': 'e','\u00E9': 'e','\u00EA': 'e','\u1EC1': 'e','\u1EBF': 'e','\u1EC5': 'e','\u1EC3': 'e',
'\u1EBD': 'e','\u0113': 'e','\u1E15': 'e','\u1E17': 'e','\u0115': 'e','\u0117': 'e','\u00EB': 'e','\u1EBB': 'e','\u011B': 'e','\u0205': 'e',
'\u0207': 'e','\u1EB9': 'e','\u1EC7': 'e','\u0229': 'e','\u1E1D': 'e','\u0119': 'e','\u1E19': 'e','\u1E1B': 'e','\u0247': 'e','\u025B': 'e',
'\u01DD': 'e',

'\u0066': 'f','\u24D5': 'f','\uFF46': 'f','\u1E1F': 'f','\u0192': 'f','\uA77C': 'f',

'\u0067': 'g','\u24D6': 'g','\uFF47': 'g','\u01F5': 'g','\u011D': 'g','\u1E21': 'g','\u011F': 'g','\u0121': 'g','\u01E7': 'g','\u0123': 'g',
'\u01E5': 'g','\u0260': 'g','\uA7A1': 'g','\u1D79': 'g','\uA77F': 'g',

'\u0068': 'h','\u24D7': 'h','\uFF48': 'h','\u0125': 'h','\u1E23': 'h','\u1E27': 'h','\u021F': 'h','\u1E25': 'h','\u1E29': 'h','\u1E2B': 'h',
'\u1E96': 'h','\u0127': 'h','\u2C68': 'h','\u2C76': 'h','\u0265': 'h',

'\u0195': 'hv',

'\u0069': 'i','\u24D8': 'i','\uFF49': 'i','\u00EC': 'i','\u00ED': 'i','\u00EE': 'i','\u0129': 'i','\u012B': 'i','\u012D': 'i','\u00EF': 'i',
'\u1E2F': 'i','\u1EC9': 'i','\u01D0': 'i','\u0209': 'i','\u020B': 'i','\u1ECB': 'i','\u012F': 'i','\u1E2D': 'i','\u0268': 'i','\u0131': 'i',

'\u006A': 'j','\u24D9': 'j','\uFF4A': 'j','\u0135': 'j','\u01F0': 'j','\u0249': 'j',

'\u006B': 'k','\u24DA': 'k','\uFF4B': 'k','\u1E31': 'k','\u01E9': 'k','\u1E33': 'k','\u0137': 'k','\u1E35': 'k','\u0199': 'k','\u2C6A': 'k',
'\uA741': 'k','\uA743': 'k','\uA745': 'k','\uA7A3': 'k',

'\u006C': 'l','\u24DB': 'l','\uFF4C': 'l','\u0140': 'l','\u013A': 'l','\u013E': 'l','\u1E37': 'l','\u1E39': 'l','\u013C': 'l','\u1E3D': 'l',
'\u1E3B': 'l','\u017F': 'l','\u0142': 'l','\u019A': 'l','\u026B': 'l','\u2C61': 'l','\uA749': 'l','\uA781': 'l','\uA747': 'l',

'\u01C9': 'lj',
'\u006D': 'm','\u24DC': 'm','\uFF4D': 'm','\u1E3F': 'm','\u1E41': 'm','\u1E43': 'm','\u0271': 'm','\u026F': 'm',

'\u006E': 'n','\u24DD': 'n','\uFF4E': 'n','\u01F9': 'n','\u0144': 'n','\u00F1': 'n','\u1E45': 'n','\u0148': 'n','\u1E47': 'n','\u0146': 'n',
'\u1E4B': 'n','\u1E49': 'n','\u019E': 'n','\u0272': 'n','\u0149': 'n','\uA791': 'n','\uA7A5': 'n',

'\u01CC': 'nj',

'\u006F': 'o','\u24DE': 'o','\uFF4F': 'o','\u00F2': 'o','\u00F3': 'o','\u00F4': 'o','\u1ED3': 'o','\u1ED1': 'o','\u1ED7': 'o','\u1ED5': 'o',
'\u00F5': 'o','\u1E4D': 'o','\u022D': 'o','\u1E4F': 'o','\u014D': 'o','\u1E51': 'o','\u1E53': 'o','\u014F': 'o','\u022F': 'o','\u0231': 'o',
'\u00F6': 'o','\u022B': 'o','\u1ECF': 'o','\u0151': 'o','\u01D2': 'o','\u020D': 'o','\u020F': 'o','\u01A1': 'o','\u1EDD': 'o','\u1EDB': 'o',
'\u1EE1': 'o','\u1EDF': 'o','\u1EE3': 'o','\u1ECD': 'o','\u1ED9': 'o','\u01EB': 'o','\u01ED': 'o','\u00F8': 'o','\u01FF': 'o','\u0254': 'o',
'\uA74B': 'o','\uA74D': 'o','\u0275': 'o',

'\u01A3': 'oi',
'\u0223': 'ou',
'\uA74F': 'oo',
'\u0070': 'p','\u24DF': 'p','\uFF50': 'p','\u1E55': 'p','\u1E57': 'p','\u01A5': 'p','\u1D7D': 'p','\uA751': 'p','\uA753': 'p','\uA755': 'p',
'\u0071': 'q','\u24E0': 'q','\uFF51': 'q','\u024B': 'q','\uA757': 'q','\uA759': 'q',

'\u0072': 'r','\u24E1': 'r','\uFF52': 'r','\u0155': 'r','\u1E59': 'r','\u0159': 'r','\u0211': 'r','\u0213': 'r','\u1E5B': 'r','\u1E5D': 'r',
'\u0157': 'r','\u1E5F': 'r','\u024D': 'r','\u027D': 'r','\uA75B': 'r','\uA7A7': 'r','\uA783': 'r',

'\u0073': 's','\u24E2': 's','\uFF53': 's','\u00DF': 's','\u015B': 's','\u1E65': 's','\u015D': 's','\u1E61': 's','\u0161': 's','\u1E67': 's',
'\u1E63': 's','\u1E69': 's','\u0219': 's','\u015F': 's','\u023F': 's','\uA7A9': 's','\uA785': 's','\u1E9B': 's',

'\u0074': 't','\u24E3': 't','\uFF54': 't','\u1E6B': 't','\u1E97': 't','\u0165': 't','\u1E6D': 't','\u021B': 't','\u0163': 't','\u1E71': 't',
'\u1E6F': 't','\u0167': 't','\u01AD': 't','\u0288': 't','\u2C66': 't','\uA787': 't',

'\uA729': 'tz',

'\u0075': 'u','\u24E4': 'u','\uFF55': 'u','\u00F9': 'u','\u00FA': 'u','\u00FB': 'u','\u0169': 'u','\u1E79': 'u','\u016B': 'u','\u1E7B': 'u',
'\u016D': 'u','\u00FC': 'u','\u01DC': 'u','\u01D8': 'u','\u01D6': 'u','\u01DA': 'u','\u1EE7': 'u','\u016F': 'u','\u0171': 'u','\u01D4': 'u',
'\u0215': 'u','\u0217': 'u','\u01B0': 'u','\u1EEB': 'u','\u1EE9': 'u','\u1EEF': 'u','\u1EED': 'u','\u1EF1': 'u','\u1EE5': 'u','\u1E73': 'u',
'\u0173': 'u','\u1E77': 'u','\u1E75': 'u','\u0289': 'u',

'\u0076': 'v','\u24E5': 'v','\uFF56': 'v','\u1E7D': 'v','\u1E7F': 'v','\u028B': 'v','\uA75F': 'v','\u028C': 'v',
'\uA761': 'vy',
'\u0077': 'w','\u24E6': 'w','\uFF57': 'w','\u1E81': 'w','\u1E83': 'w','\u0175': 'w','\u1E87': 'w','\u1E85': 'w','\u1E98': 'w','\u1E89': 'w',
'\u2C73': 'w',
'\u0078': 'x','\u24E7': 'x','\uFF58': 'x','\u1E8B': 'x','\u1E8D': 'x',

'\u0079': 'y','\u24E8': 'y','\uFF59': 'y','\u1EF3': 'y','\u00FD': 'y','\u0177': 'y','\u1EF9': 'y','\u0233': 'y','\u1E8F': 'y','\u00FF': 'y',
'\u1EF7': 'y','\u1E99': 'y','\u1EF5': 'y','\u01B4': 'y','\u024F': 'y','\u1EFF': 'y',

'\u007A': 'z','\u24E9': 'z','\uFF5A': 'z','\u017A': 'z','\u1E91': 'z','\u017C': 'z','\u017E': 'z','\u1E93': 'z','\u1E95': 'z','\u01B6': 'z',
'\u0225': 'z','\u0240': 'z','\u2C6C': 'z','\uA763': 'z',
};

Use

function removeDicretics(str) {
    return str.replace(/[^\u0000-\u007E]/g, function (weirdo) {
        return diacriticsMap[weirdo] || weirdo;
    });
}
// Call
var cleanStr = removeDicretics("bułłśhìt"); // bullshit

Answer 15

Here's my modified version of lehelk.com's version that also removes html entites that are accents :

http://jsfiddle.net/billybraga/UHmnf/

I still don't know about performance, though...

var defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap = [{
    'base': "A",
    'letters': /(A|Ⓐ|Ａ|À|Á|Â|Ầ|Ấ|Ẫ|Ẩ|Ã|Ā|Ă|Ằ|Ắ|Ẵ|Ẳ|Ȧ|Ǡ|Ä|Ǟ|Ả|Å|Ǻ|Ǎ|Ȁ|Ȃ|Ạ|Ậ|Ặ|Ḁ|Ą|Ⱥ|Ɐ|[\u0041\u24B6\uFF21\u00C0\u00C1\u00C2\u1EA6\u1EA4\u1EAA\u1EA8\u00C3\u0100\u0102\u1EB0\u1EAE\u1EB4\u1EB2\u0226\u01E0\u00C4\u01DE\u1EA2\u00C5\u01FA\u01CD\u0200\u0202\u1EA0\u1EAC\u1EB6\u1E00\u0104\u023A\u2C6F])/g},
{
    'base': "AA",
    'letters': /(Ꜳ|[\uA732])/g},
{
    'base': "AE",
    'letters': /(Æ|Ǽ|Ǣ|[\u00C6\u01FC\u01E2])/g},
{
    'base': "AO",
    'letters': /(Ꜵ|[\uA734])/g},
{
    'base': "AU",
    'letters': /(Ꜷ|[\uA736])/g},
{
    'base': "AV",
    'letters': /(Ꜹ|Ꜻ|[\uA738\uA73A])/g},
{
    'base': "AY",
    'letters': /(Ꜽ|[\uA73C])/g},
{
    'base': "B",
    'letters': /(B|Ⓑ|Ｂ|Ḃ|Ḅ|Ḇ|Ƀ|Ƃ|Ɓ|[\u0042\u24B7\uFF22\u1E02\u1E04\u1E06\u0243\u0182\u0181])/g},
{
    'base': "C",
    'letters': /(C|Ⓒ|Ｃ|Ć|Ĉ|Ċ|Č|Ç|Ḉ|Ƈ|Ȼ|Ꜿ|[\u0043\u24B8\uFF23\u0106\u0108\u010A\u010C\u00C7\u1E08\u0187\u023B\uA73E])/g},
{
    'base': "D",
    'letters': /(D|Ⓓ|Ｄ|Ḋ|Ď|Ḍ|Ḑ|Ḓ|Ḏ|Đ|Ƌ|Ɗ|Ɖ|Ꝺ|[\u0044\u24B9\uFF24\u1E0A\u010E\u1E0C\u1E10\u1E12\u1E0E\u0110\u018B\u018A\u0189\uA779])/g},
{
    'base': "DZ",
    'letters': /(DZ|DŽ|[\u01F1\u01C4])/g},
{
    'base': "Dz",
    'letters': /(Dz|Dž|[\u01F2\u01C5])/g},
{
    'base': "E",
    'letters': /(E|Ⓔ|Ｅ|È|É|Ê|Ề|Ế|Ễ|Ể|Ẽ|Ē|Ḕ|Ḗ|Ĕ|Ė|Ë|Ẻ|Ě|Ȅ|Ȇ|Ẹ|Ệ|Ȩ|Ḝ|Ę|Ḙ|Ḛ|Ɛ|Ǝ|[\u0045\u24BA\uFF25\u00C8\u00C9\u00CA\u1EC0\u1EBE\u1EC4\u1EC2\u1EBC\u0112\u1E14\u1E16\u0114\u0116\u00CB\u1EBA\u011A\u0204\u0206\u1EB8\u1EC6\u0228\u1E1C\u0118\u1E18\u1E1A\u0190\u018E])/g},
{
    'base': "F",
    'letters': /(F|Ⓕ|Ｆ|Ḟ|Ƒ|Ꝼ|[\u0046\u24BB\uFF26\u1E1E\u0191\uA77B])/g},
{
    'base': "G",
    'letters': /(G|Ⓖ|Ｇ|Ǵ|Ĝ|Ḡ|Ğ|Ġ|Ǧ|Ģ|Ǥ|Ɠ|Ꞡ|Ᵹ|Ꝿ|[\u0047\u24BC\uFF27\u01F4\u011C\u1E20\u011E\u0120\u01E6\u0122\u01E4\u0193\uA7A0\uA77D\uA77E])/g},
{
    'base': "H",
    'letters': /(H|Ⓗ|Ｈ|Ĥ|Ḣ|Ḧ|Ȟ|Ḥ|Ḩ|Ḫ|Ħ|Ⱨ|Ⱶ|Ɥ|[\u0048\u24BD\uFF28\u0124\u1E22\u1E26\u021E\u1E24\u1E28\u1E2A\u0126\u2C67\u2C75\uA78D])/g},
{
    'base': "I",
    'letters': /(I|Ⓘ|Ｉ|Ì|Í|Î|Ĩ|Ī|Ĭ|İ|Ï|Ḯ|Ỉ|Ǐ|Ȉ|Ȋ|Ị|Į|Ḭ|Ɨ|[\u0049\u24BE\uFF29\u00CC\u00CD\u00CE\u0128\u012A\u012C\u0130\u00CF\u1E2E\u1EC8\u01CF\u0208\u020A\u1ECA\u012E\u1E2C\u0197])/g},
{
    'base': "J",
    'letters': /(J|Ⓙ|Ｊ|Ĵ|Ɉ|[\u004A\u24BF\uFF2A\u0134\u0248])/g},
{
    'base': "K",
    'letters': /(K|Ⓚ|Ｋ|Ḱ|Ǩ|Ḳ|Ķ|Ḵ|Ƙ|Ⱪ|Ꝁ|Ꝃ|Ꝅ|Ꞣ|[\u004B\u24C0\uFF2B\u1E30\u01E8\u1E32\u0136\u1E34\u0198\u2C69\uA740\uA742\uA744\uA7A2])/g},
{
    'base': "L",
    'letters': /(L|Ⓛ|Ｌ|Ŀ|Ĺ|Ľ|Ḷ|Ḹ|Ļ|Ḽ|Ḻ|Ł|Ƚ|Ɫ|Ⱡ|Ꝉ|Ꝇ|Ꞁ|[\u004C\u24C1\uFF2C\u013F\u0139\u013D\u1E36\u1E38\u013B\u1E3C\u1E3A\u0141\u023D\u2C62\u2C60\uA748\uA746\uA780])/g},
{
    'base': "LJ",
    'letters': /(LJ|[\u01C7])/g},
{
    'base': "Lj",
    'letters': /(Lj|[\u01C8])/g},
{
    'base': "M",
    'letters': /(M|Ⓜ|Ｍ|Ḿ|Ṁ|Ṃ|Ɱ|Ɯ|[\u004D\u24C2\uFF2D\u1E3E\u1E40\u1E42\u2C6E\u019C])/g},
{
    'base': "N",
    'letters': /(N|Ⓝ|Ｎ|Ǹ|Ń|Ñ|Ṅ|Ň|Ṇ|Ņ|Ṋ|Ṉ|Ƞ|Ɲ|Ꞑ|Ꞥ|[\u004E\u24C3\uFF2E\u01F8\u0143\u00D1\u1E44\u0147\u1E46\u0145\u1E4A\u1E48\u0220\u019D\uA790\uA7A4])/g},
{
    'base': "NJ",
    'letters': /(NJ|[\u01CA])/g},
{
    'base': "Nj",
    'letters': /(Nj|[\u01CB])/g},
{
    'base': "O",
    'letters': /(O|Ⓞ|Ｏ|Ò|Ó|Ô|Ồ|Ố|Ỗ|Ổ|Õ|Ṍ|Ȭ|Ṏ|Ō|Ṑ|Ṓ|Ŏ|Ȯ|Ȱ|Ö|Ȫ|Ỏ|Ő|Ǒ|Ȍ|Ȏ|Ơ|Ờ|Ớ|Ỡ|Ở|Ợ|Ọ|Ộ|Ǫ|Ǭ|Ø|Ǿ|Ɔ|Ɵ|Ꝋ|Ꝍ|[\u004F\u24C4\uFF2F\u00D2\u00D3\u00D4\u1ED2\u1ED0\u1ED6\u1ED4\u00D5\u1E4C\u022C\u1E4E\u014C\u1E50\u1E52\u014E\u022E\u0230\u00D6\u022A\u1ECE\u0150\u01D1\u020C\u020E\u01A0\u1EDC\u1EDA\u1EE0\u1EDE\u1EE2\u1ECC\u1ED8\u01EA\u01EC\u00D8\u01FE\u0186\u019F\uA74A\uA74C])/g},
{
    'base': "OI",
    'letters': /(Ƣ|[\u01A2])/g},
{
    'base': "OO",
    'letters': /(Ꝏ|[\uA74E])/g},
{
    'base': "OU",
    'letters': /(Ȣ|[\u0222])/g},
{
    'base': "P",
    'letters': /(P|Ⓟ|Ｐ|Ṕ|Ṗ|Ƥ|Ᵽ|Ꝑ|Ꝓ|Ꝕ|[\u0050\u24C5\uFF30\u1E54\u1E56\u01A4\u2C63\uA750\uA752\uA754])/g},
{
    'base': "Q",
    'letters': /(Q|Ⓠ|Ｑ|Ꝗ|Ꝙ|Ɋ|[\u0051\u24C6\uFF31\uA756\uA758\u024A])/g},
{
    'base': "R",
    'letters': /(R|Ⓡ|Ｒ|Ŕ|Ṙ|Ř|Ȑ|Ȓ|Ṛ|Ṝ|Ŗ|Ṟ|Ɍ|Ɽ|Ꝛ|Ꞧ|Ꞃ|[\u0052\u24C7\uFF32\u0154\u1E58\u0158\u0210\u0212\u1E5A\u1E5C\u0156\u1E5E\u024C\u2C64\uA75A\uA7A6\uA782])/g},
{
    'base': "S",
    'letters': /(S|Ⓢ|Ｓ|ẞ|Ś|Ṥ|Ŝ|Ṡ|Š|Ṧ|Ṣ|Ṩ|Ș|Ş|Ȿ|Ꞩ|Ꞅ|[\u0053\u24C8\uFF33\u1E9E\u015A\u1E64\u015C\u1E60\u0160\u1E66\u1E62\u1E68\u0218\u015E\u2C7E\uA7A8\uA784])/g},
{
    'base': "T",
    'letters': /(T|Ⓣ|Ｔ|Ṫ|Ť|Ṭ|Ț|Ţ|Ṱ|Ṯ|Ŧ|Ƭ|Ʈ|Ⱦ|Ꞇ|[\u0054\u24C9\uFF34\u1E6A\u0164\u1E6C\u021A\u0162\u1E70\u1E6E\u0166\u01AC\u01AE\u023E\uA786])/g},
{
    'base': "TZ",
    'letters': /(Ꜩ|[\uA728])/g},
{
    'base': "U",
    'letters': /(U|Ⓤ|Ｕ|Ù|Ú|Û|Ũ|Ṹ|Ū|Ṻ|Ŭ|Ü|Ǜ|Ǘ|Ǖ|Ǚ|Ủ|Ů|Ű|Ǔ|Ȕ|Ȗ|Ư|Ừ|Ứ|Ữ|Ử|Ự|Ụ|Ṳ|Ų|Ṷ|Ṵ|Ʉ|[\u0055\u24CA\uFF35\u00D9\u00DA\u00DB\u0168\u1E78\u016A\u1E7A\u016C\u00DC\u01DB\u01D7\u01D5\u01D9\u1EE6\u016E\u0170\u01D3\u0214\u0216\u01AF\u1EEA\u1EE8\u1EEE\u1EEC\u1EF0\u1EE4\u1E72\u0172\u1E76\u1E74\u0244])/g},
{
    'base': "V",
    'letters': /(V|Ⓥ|Ｖ|Ṽ|Ṿ|Ʋ|Ꝟ|Ʌ|[\u0056\u24CB\uFF36\u1E7C\u1E7E\u01B2\uA75E\u0245])/g},
{
    'base': "VY",
    'letters': /(Ꝡ|[\uA760])/g},
{
    'base': "W",
    'letters': /(W|Ⓦ|Ｗ|Ẁ|Ẃ|Ŵ|Ẇ|Ẅ|Ẉ|Ⱳ|[\u0057\u24CC\uFF37\u1E80\u1E82\u0174\u1E86\u1E84\u1E88\u2C72])/g},
{
    'base': "X",
    'letters': /(X|Ⓧ|Ｘ|Ẋ|Ẍ|[\u0058\u24CD\uFF38\u1E8A\u1E8C])/g},
{
    'base': "Y",
    'letters': /(Y|Ⓨ|Ｙ|Ỳ|Ý|Ŷ|Ỹ|Ȳ|Ẏ|Ÿ|Ỷ|Ỵ|Ƴ|Ɏ|Ỿ|[\u0059\u24CE\uFF39\u1EF2\u00DD\u0176\u1EF8\u0232\u1E8E\u0178\u1EF6\u1EF4\u01B3\u024E\u1EFE])/g},
{
    'base': "Z",
    'letters': /(Z|Ⓩ|Ｚ|Ź|Ẑ|Ż|Ž|Ẓ|Ẕ|Ƶ|Ȥ|Ɀ|Ⱬ|Ꝣ|[\u005A\u24CF\uFF3A\u0179\u1E90\u017B\u017D\u1E92\u1E94\u01B5\u0224\u2C7F\u2C6B\uA762])/g},
{
    'base': "a",
    'letters': /(a|ⓐ|ａ|ẚ|à|á|â|ầ|ấ|ẫ|ẩ|ã|ā|ă|ằ|ắ|ẵ|ẳ|ȧ|ǡ|ä|ǟ|ả|å|ǻ|ǎ|ȁ|ȃ|ạ|ậ|ặ|ḁ|ą|ⱥ|ɐ|[\u0061\u24D0\uFF41\u1E9A\u00E0\u00E1\u00E2\u1EA7\u1EA5\u1EAB\u1EA9\u00E3\u0101\u0103\u1EB1\u1EAF\u1EB5\u1EB3\u0227\u01E1\u00E4\u01DF\u1EA3\u00E5\u01FB\u01CE\u0201\u0203\u1EA1\u1EAD\u1EB7\u1E01\u0105\u2C65\u0250])/g},
{
    'base': "aa",
    'letters': /(ꜳ|[\uA733])/g},
{
    'base': "ae",
    'letters': /(æ|ǽ|ǣ|[\u00E6\u01FD\u01E3])/g},
{
    'base': "ao",
    'letters': /(ꜵ|[\uA735])/g},
{
    'base': "au",
    'letters': /(ꜷ|[\uA737])/g},
{
    'base': "av",
    'letters': /(ꜹ|ꜻ|[\uA739\uA73B])/g},
{
    'base': "ay",
    'letters': /(ꜽ|[\uA73D])/g},
{
    'base': "b",
    'letters': /(b|ⓑ|ｂ|ḃ|ḅ|ḇ|ƀ|ƃ|ɓ|[\u0062\u24D1\uFF42\u1E03\u1E05\u1E07\u0180\u0183\u0253])/g},
{
    'base': "c",
    'letters': /(c|ⓒ|ｃ|ć|ĉ|ċ|č|ç|ḉ|ƈ|ȼ|ꜿ|ↄ|[\u0063\u24D2\uFF43\u0107\u0109\u010B\u010D\u00E7\u1E09\u0188\u023C\uA73F\u2184])/g},
{
    'base': "d",
    'letters': /(d|ⓓ|ｄ|ḋ|ď|ḍ|ḑ|ḓ|ḏ|đ|ƌ|ɖ|ɗ|ꝺ|[\u0064\u24D3\uFF44\u1E0B\u010F\u1E0D\u1E11\u1E13\u1E0F\u0111\u018C\u0256\u0257\uA77A])/g},
{
    'base': "dz",
    'letters': /(dz|dž|[\u01F3\u01C6])/g},
{
    'base': "e",
    'letters': /(e|ⓔ|ｅ|è|é|ê|ề|ế|ễ|ể|ẽ|ē|ḕ|ḗ|ĕ|ė|ë|ẻ|ě|ȅ|ȇ|ẹ|ệ|ȩ|ḝ|ę|ḙ|ḛ|ɇ|ɛ|ǝ|[\u0065\u24D4\uFF45\u00E8\u00E9\u00EA\u1EC1\u1EBF\u1EC5\u1EC3\u1EBD\u0113\u1E15\u1E17\u0115\u0117\u00EB\u1EBB\u011B\u0205\u0207\u1EB9\u1EC7\u0229\u1E1D\u0119\u1E19\u1E1B\u0247\u025B\u01DD])/g},
{
    'base': "f",
    'letters': /(f|ⓕ|ｆ|ḟ|ƒ|ꝼ|[\u0066\u24D5\uFF46\u1E1F\u0192\uA77C])/g},
{
    'base': "g",
    'letters': /(g|ⓖ|ｇ|ǵ|ĝ|ḡ|ğ|ġ|ǧ|ģ|ǥ|ɠ|ꞡ|ᵹ|ꝿ|[\u0067\u24D6\uFF47\u01F5\u011D\u1E21\u011F\u0121\u01E7\u0123\u01E5\u0260\uA7A1\u1D79\uA77F])/g},
{
    'base': "h",
    'letters': /(h|ⓗ|ｈ|ĥ|ḣ|ḧ|ȟ|ḥ|ḩ|ḫ|ẖ|ħ|ⱨ|ⱶ|ɥ|[\u0068\u24D7\uFF48\u0125\u1E23\u1E27\u021F\u1E25\u1E29\u1E2B\u1E96\u0127\u2C68\u2C76\u0265])/g},
{
    'base': "hv",
    'letters': /(ƕ|[\u0195])/g},
{
    'base': "i",
    'letters': /(i|ⓘ|ｉ|ì|í|î|ĩ|ī|ĭ|ï|ḯ|ỉ|ǐ|ȉ|ȋ|ị|į|ḭ|ɨ|ı|[\u0069\u24D8\uFF49\u00EC\u00ED\u00EE\u0129\u012B\u012D\u00EF\u1E2F\u1EC9\u01D0\u0209\u020B\u1ECB\u012F\u1E2D\u0268\u0131])/g},
{
    'base': "j",
    'letters': /(j|ⓙ|ｊ|ĵ|ǰ|ɉ|[\u006A\u24D9\uFF4A\u0135\u01F0\u0249])/g},
{
    'base': "k",
    'letters': /(k|ⓚ|ｋ|ḱ|ǩ|ḳ|ķ|ḵ|ƙ|ⱪ|ꝁ|ꝃ|ꝅ|ꞣ|[\u006B\u24DA\uFF4B\u1E31\u01E9\u1E33\u0137\u1E35\u0199\u2C6A\uA741\uA743\uA745\uA7A3])/g},
{
    'base': "l",
    'letters': /(l|ⓛ|ｌ|ŀ|ĺ|ľ|ḷ|ḹ|ļ|ḽ|ḻ|ſ|ł|ƚ|ɫ|ⱡ|ꝉ|ꞁ|ꝇ|[\u006C\u24DB\uFF4C\u0140\u013A\u013E\u1E37\u1E39\u013C\u1E3D\u1E3B\u017F\u0142\u019A\u026B\u2C61\uA749\uA781\uA747])/g},
{
    'base': "lj",
    'letters': /(lj|[\u01C9])/g},
{
    'base': "m",
    'letters': /(m|ⓜ|ｍ|ḿ|ṁ|ṃ|ɱ|ɯ|[\u006D\u24DC\uFF4D\u1E3F\u1E41\u1E43\u0271\u026F])/g},
{
    'base': "n",
    'letters': /(n|ⓝ|ｎ|ǹ|ń|ñ|ṅ|ň|ṇ|ņ|ṋ|ṉ|ƞ|ɲ|ʼn|ꞑ|ꞥ|[\u006E\u24DD\uFF4E\u01F9\u0144\u00F1\u1E45\u0148\u1E47\u0146\u1E4B\u1E49\u019E\u0272\u0149\uA791\uA7A5])/g},
{
    'base': "nj",
    'letters': /(nj|[\u01CC])/g},
{
    'base': "o",
    'letters': /(o|ⓞ|ｏ|ò|ó|ô|ồ|ố|ỗ|ổ|õ|ṍ|ȭ|ṏ|ō|ṑ|ṓ|ŏ|ȯ|ȱ|ö|ȫ|ỏ|ő|ǒ|ȍ|ȏ|ơ|ờ|ớ|ỡ|ở|ợ|ọ|ộ|ǫ|ǭ|ø|ǿ|ɔ|ꝋ|ꝍ|ɵ|[\u006F\u24DE\uFF4F\u00F2\u00F3\u00F4\u1ED3\u1ED1\u1ED7\u1ED5\u00F5\u1E4D\u022D\u1E4F\u014D\u1E51\u1E53\u014F\u022F\u0231\u00F6\u022B\u1ECF\u0151\u01D2\u020D\u020F\u01A1\u1EDD\u1EDB\u1EE1\u1EDF\u1EE3\u1ECD\u1ED9\u01EB\u01ED\u00F8\u01FF\u0254\uA74B\uA74D\u0275])/g},
{
    'base': "oi",
    'letters': /(ƣ|[\u01A3])/g},
{
    'base': "ou",
    'letters': /(ȣ|[\u0223])/g},
{
    'base': "oo",
    'letters': /(ꝏ|[\uA74F])/g},
{
    'base': "p",
    'letters': /(p|ⓟ|ｐ|ṕ|ṗ|ƥ|ᵽ|ꝑ|ꝓ|ꝕ|[\u0070\u24DF\uFF50\u1E55\u1E57\u01A5\u1D7D\uA751\uA753\uA755])/g},
{
    'base': "q",
    'letters': /(q|ⓠ|ｑ|ɋ|ꝗ|ꝙ|[\u0071\u24E0\uFF51\u024B\uA757\uA759])/g},
{
    'base': "r",
    'letters': /(r|ⓡ|ｒ|ŕ|ṙ|ř|ȑ|ȓ|ṛ|ṝ|ŗ|ṟ|ɍ|ɽ|ꝛ|ꞧ|ꞃ|[\u0072\u24E1\uFF52\u0155\u1E59\u0159\u0211\u0213\u1E5B\u1E5D\u0157\u1E5F\u024D\u027D\uA75B\uA7A7\uA783])/g},
{
    'base': "s",
    'letters': /(s|ⓢ|ｓ|ß|ś|ṥ|ŝ|ṡ|š|ṧ|ṣ|ṩ|ș|ş|ȿ|ꞩ|ꞅ|ẛ|[\u0073\u24E2\uFF53\u00DF\u015B\u1E65\u015D\u1E61\u0161\u1E67\u1E63\u1E69\u0219\u015F\u023F\uA7A9\uA785\u1E9B])/g},
{
    'base': "t",
    'letters': /(t|ⓣ|ｔ|ṫ|ẗ|ť|ṭ|ț|ţ|ṱ|ṯ|ŧ|ƭ|ʈ|ⱦ|ꞇ|[\u0074\u24E3\uFF54\u1E6B\u1E97\u0165\u1E6D\u021B\u0163\u1E71\u1E6F\u0167\u01AD\u0288\u2C66\uA787])/g},
{
    'base': "tz",
    'letters': /(ꜩ|[\uA729])/g},
{
    'base': "u",
    'letters': /(u|ⓤ|ｕ|ù|ú|û|ũ|ṹ|ū|ṻ|ŭ|ü|ǜ|ǘ|ǖ|ǚ|ủ|ů|ű|ǔ|ȕ|ȗ|ư|ừ|ứ|ữ|ử|ự|ụ|ṳ|ų|ṷ|ṵ|ʉ|[\u0075\u24E4\uFF55\u00F9\u00FA\u00FB\u0169\u1E79\u016B\u1E7B\u016D\u00FC\u01DC\u01D8\u01D6\u01DA\u1EE7\u016F\u0171\u01D4\u0215\u0217\u01B0\u1EEB\u1EE9\u1EEF\u1EED\u1EF1\u1EE5\u1E73\u0173\u1E77\u1E75\u0289])/g},
{
    'base': "v",
    'letters': /(v|ⓥ|ｖ|ṽ|ṿ|ʋ|ꝟ|ʌ|[\u0076\u24E5\uFF56\u1E7D\u1E7F\u028B\uA75F\u028C])/g},
{
    'base': "vy",
    'letters': /(ꝡ|[\uA761])/g},
{
    'base': "w",
    'letters': /(w|ⓦ|ｗ|ẁ|ẃ|ŵ|ẇ|ẅ|ẘ|ẉ|ⱳ|[\u0077\u24E6\uFF57\u1E81\u1E83\u0175\u1E87\u1E85\u1E98\u1E89\u2C73])/g},
{
    'base': "x",
    'letters': /(x|ⓧ|ｘ|ẋ|ẍ|[\u0078\u24E7\uFF58\u1E8B\u1E8D])/g},
{
    'base': "y",
    'letters': /(y|ⓨ|ｙ|ỳ|ý|ŷ|ỹ|ȳ|ẏ|ÿ|ỷ|ẙ|ỵ|ƴ|ɏ|ỿ|[\u0079\u24E8\uFF59\u1EF3\u00FD\u0177\u1EF9\u0233\u1E8F\u00FF\u1EF7\u1E99\u1EF5\u01B4\u024F\u1EFF])/g},
{
    'base': "z",
    'letters': /(z|ⓩ|ｚ|ź|ẑ|ż|ž|ẓ|ẕ|ƶ|ȥ|ɀ|ⱬ|ꝣ|[\u007A\u24E9\uFF5A\u017A\u1E91\u017C\u017E\u1E93\u1E95\u01B6\u0225\u0240\u2C6C\uA763])/g}];

function removeDiacritics(str) {
    for (var i = 0; i < defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap.length; i++) {
        str = str.replace(defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap[i].letters, defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap[i].base);
    }
    return str;
}

Answer 16

Here's a very simple solution without too much code using a very simple map of diacritics that includes some or all that map to ascii equivalents containing more than one character, i.e. Æ => AE, ffi => ffi, etc... Also included some very basic functional tests

var diacriticsMap = {
  '\u00C0': 'A',  // À => A
  '\u00C1': 'A',   // Á => A
  '\u00C2': 'A',   // Â => A
  '\u00C3': 'A',   // Ã => A
  '\u00C4': 'A',   // Ä => A
  '\u00C5': 'A',   // Å => A
  '\u00C6': 'AE', // Æ => AE
  '\u00C7': 'C',   // Ç => C
  '\u00C8': 'E',   // È => E
  '\u00C9': 'E',   // É => E
  '\u00CA': 'E',   // Ê => E
  '\u00CB': 'E',   // Ë => E
  '\u00CC': 'I',   // Ì => I
  '\u00CD': 'I',   // Í => I
  '\u00CE': 'I',   // Î => I
  '\u00CF': 'I',   // Ï => I
  '\u0132': 'IJ', // IJ => IJ
  '\u00D0': 'D',   // Ð => D
  '\u00D1': 'N',   // Ñ => N
  '\u00D2': 'O',   // Ò => O
  '\u00D3': 'O',   // Ó => O
  '\u00D4': 'O',   // Ô => O
  '\u00D5': 'O',   // Õ => O
  '\u00D6': 'O',   // Ö => O
  '\u00D8': 'O',   // Ø => O
  '\u0152': 'OE', // Π=> OE
  '\u00DE': 'TH', // Þ => TH
  '\u00D9': 'U',   // Ù => U
  '\u00DA': 'U',   // Ú => U
  '\u00DB': 'U',   // Û => U
  '\u00DC': 'U',   // Ü => U
  '\u00DD': 'Y',   // Ý => Y
  '\u0178': 'Y',   // Ÿ => Y
  '\u00E0': 'a',   // à => a
  '\u00E1': 'a',   // á => a
  '\u00E2': 'a',   // â => a
  '\u00E3': 'a',   // ã => a
  '\u00E4': 'a',   // ä => a
  '\u00E5': 'a',   // å => a
  '\u00E6': 'ae', // æ => ae
  '\u00E7': 'c',   // ç => c
  '\u00E8': 'e',   // è => e
  '\u00E9': 'e',   // é => e
  '\u00EA': 'e',   // ê => e
  '\u00EB': 'e',   // ë => e
  '\u00EC': 'i',   // ì => i
  '\u00ED': 'i',   // í => i
  '\u00EE': 'i',   // î => i
  '\u00EF': 'i',   // ï => i
  '\u0133': 'ij', // ij => ij
  '\u00F0': 'd',   // ð => d
  '\u00F1': 'n',   // ñ => n
  '\u00F2': 'o',   // ò => o
  '\u00F3': 'o',   // ó => o
  '\u00F4': 'o',   // ô => o
  '\u00F5': 'o',   // õ => o
  '\u00F6': 'o',   // ö => o
  '\u00F8': 'o',   // ø => o
  '\u0153': 'oe', // œ => oe
  '\u00DF': 'ss', // ß => ss
  '\u00FE': 'th', // þ => th
  '\u00F9': 'u',   // ù => u
  '\u00FA': 'u',   // ú => u
  '\u00FB': 'u',   // û => u
  '\u00FC': 'u',   // ü => u
  '\u00FD': 'y',   // ý => y
  '\u00FF': 'y',   // ÿ => y
  '\uFB00': 'ff', // ff => ff
  '\uFB01': 'fi',   // fi => fi
  '\uFB02': 'fl', // fl => fl
  '\uFB03': 'ffi',  // ffi => ffi
  '\uFB04': 'ffl',  // ffl => ffl
  '\uFB05': 'ft', // ſt => ft
  '\uFB06': 'st'  // st => st
};

function replaceDiacritics(str) {
  var returnStr = '';
  if(str) {
    for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
      if (diacriticsMap[str[i]]) {
        returnStr += diacriticsMap[str[i]];
      } else {
        returnStr += str[i];
      }
    }
  }
  return returnStr;
}

function testStripDiacritics(input, expected) {
  var coChar = replaceDiacritics(input);
  console.log('The character passed in was ' + input);
  console.log('The character that came out was ' + coChar);
  console.log('The character expected was' + expected);
}

testStripDiacritics('À','A');
testStripDiacritics('A','A');
testStripDiacritics('Æ','AE');
testStripDiacritics('AE','AE');
testStripDiacritics('ÇhÀrlËšYŸZŽ','ChArlEsYYZZ');

Answer 17

thanks to all
I use this version and say why (because I misses those explanations at the begining, so I try to help the next reader if he is as dull as me ...)

Remark : I wanted an efficient solution, so :

• only one regexp compilation (if needed)
• only one string scan for each string
• an efficient way to find the translated characters etc ...

My version is :
(there is no new technical trick inside it, only some selected ones + explanations why)

makeSortString = (function() {
    var translate_re = /[¹²³áàâãäåaaaÀÁÂÃÄÅAAAÆccç©CCÇÐÐèéê?ëeeeeeÈÊË?EEEEE€gGiìíîïìiiiÌÍÎÏ?ÌIIIlLnnñNNÑòóôõöoooøÒÓÔÕÖOOOØŒr®Ršs?ߊS?ùúûüuuuuÙÚÛÜUUUUýÿÝŸžzzŽZZ]/g;
    var translate = {
"¹":"1","²":"2","³":"3","á":"a","à":"a","â":"a","ã":"a","ä":"a","å":"a","a":"a","a":"a","a":"a","À":"a","Á":"a","Â":"a","Ã":"a","Ä":"a","Å":"a","A":"a","A":"a",
"A":"a","Æ":"a","c":"c","c":"c","ç":"c","©":"c","C":"c","C":"c","Ç":"c","Ð":"d","Ð":"d","è":"e","é":"e","ê":"e","?":"e","ë":"e","e":"e","e":"e","e":"e","e":"e",
"e":"e","È":"e","Ê":"e","Ë":"e","?":"e","E":"e","E":"e","E":"e","E":"e","E":"e","€":"e","g":"g","G":"g","i":"i","ì":"i","í":"i","î":"i","ï":"i","ì":"i","i":"i",
"i":"i","i":"i","Ì":"i","Í":"i","Î":"i","Ï":"i","?":"i","Ì":"i","I":"i","I":"i","I":"i","l":"l","L":"l","n":"n","n":"n","ñ":"n","N":"n","N":"n","Ñ":"n","ò":"o",
"ó":"o","ô":"o","õ":"o","ö":"o","o":"o","o":"o","o":"o","ø":"o","Ò":"o","Ó":"o","Ô":"o","Õ":"o","Ö":"o","O":"o","O":"o","O":"o","Ø":"o","Œ":"o","r":"r","®":"r",
"R":"r","š":"s","s":"s","?":"s","ß":"s","Š":"s","S":"s","?":"s","ù":"u","ú":"u","û":"u","ü":"u","u":"u","u":"u","u":"u","u":"u","Ù":"u","Ú":"u","Û":"u","Ü":"u",
"U":"u","U":"u","U":"u","U":"u","ý":"y","ÿ":"y","Ý":"y","Ÿ":"y","ž":"z","z":"z","z":"z","Ž":"z","Z":"z","Z":"z"
    };
    return function(s) {
        return(s.replace(translate_re, function(match){return translate[match];}) );
    }
})();

and I use it this way :

var without_accents = makeSortString("wïthêüÄTrèsBïgüeAk100t");
// I let you guess the result,
// no I was kidding you : I give you the result : witheuatresbigueak100t

Comments :

• Tthe instruction inside it is done once (after, makeSortString != undefined)
• function(){...} is stored once in makeSortString, so the "big" translate_re and translate objects are stored once
• When you call makeSortString('something') it call directly the inside function which calls only s.replace(...) : it is efficient
• s.replace uses regexp (the special syntax of var translate_re= .... is in fact equivalent to var translate_re = new RegExp("[¹....Z]","g"); but the compilation of the regexp is done once for all, and the scan of the s String is done one for a call of the function (not for every character as it would be in a loop)
• For each character found s.replace calls function(match) where parameter match contains the character found, and it call the corresponding translated character (translate[match])
• Translate[match] is probably efficient too as the javascript translate object is probably implemented by javascript with a hashtab or something equivalent and allow the program to find the translated character almost directly and not for instance through a loop on a array of all characters to find the right one (which would be awfully unefficient).

Answer 18

Assuming you know what you're doing, I suspect IE6 is not interpreting the file's encoding correctly, and hence not recognising the non-ASCII characters in the file:

• Make sure the file is saved as UTF-8 (say)
• Use Fiddler or some other tool to check that the web server is sending the correct Content-Encoding HTTP header.

(It "smells" wrong though, I'd look into doing the sorting, say on the server using something that's locale-aware... but anyway...)

Answer 19

Pass a user defined function to the Array.sort() method, and in this user defined function use String.localeCompare()

function myCompareFunction(a, b) {
  return a.localeCompare(b);
}

var values = ["pêches", "épinards", "tomates", "fraises"];

// WRONG: ["fraises", "pêches", "tomates", "épinards"]
values.sort();

 // **GOOD**: ["épinards", "fraises", "pêches", "tomates"]
values.sort(myCompareFunction);

Answer 20

normalize-diacritics is very useful

    const { normalize } = require('normalize-diacritics');
     
    /** Assuming top-level await is enabled... */
    await normalize('söme stüff with áccènts'); // 'some stuff with accents'