diff --git c/src/tr_languages.cpp i/src/tr_languages.cpp
index ec210a5..9503f47 100755
--- c/src/tr_languages.cpp
+++ i/src/tr_languages.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static const unsigned short chars_ignore_zwnj_hyphen[] = {
 	0x200d,  1, // zero width joiner
 	0, 0 };
 
-const char string_ordinal[] = {0xc2,0xba,0};  // masculine ordinal character, UTF-8
+const char string_ordinal[] = {char(0xc2),char(0xba),0};  // masculine ordinal character, UTF-8
 
 
 static Translator* NewTranslator(void)