diff --git a/lib/src/country_code.dart b/lib/src/country_code.dart
index 3a8069f..cf10c9a 100644
--- a/lib/src/country_code.dart
+++ b/lib/src/country_code.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import 'package:collection/collection.dart' show IterableExtension;
+import 'package:diacritic/diacritic.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart' show kDebugMode;
 
@@ -66,13 +67,14 @@ class CountryCode {
   }
 
   CountryCode localize(BuildContext context) {
+    final nam = CountryLocalizations.of(context)?.translate(code) ?? name;
     return this
-      ..name = CountryLocalizations.of(context)?.translate(code) ?? name;
+      ..name = nam == null? name : removeDiacritics(nam);
   }
 
   factory CountryCode.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
     return CountryCode(
-      name: json['name'],
+      name: removeDiacritics(json['name']),
       code: json['code'],
       dialCode: json['dial_code'],
       flagUri: 'flags/${json['code'].toLowerCase()}.png',
diff --git a/lib/src/country_localizations.dart b/lib/src/country_localizations.dart
index b079091..ec24d2e 100644
--- a/lib/src/country_localizations.dart
+++ b/lib/src/country_localizations.dart
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class _CountryLocalizationsDelegate
 
   @override
   Future<CountryLocalizations> load(Locale locale) async {
-    CountryLocalizations localizations = CountryLocalizations(locale);
+    CountryLocalizations localizations = CountryLocalizations(const Locale('en'));//locale);
     await localizations.load();
     return localizations;
   }
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index ccfb776..c7fc8d8 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ dependencies:
   flutter:
     sdk: flutter
   collection: ^1.15.0
+  diacritic: ^0.1.5
 
 flutter:
   assets: