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| | A '''diacritic''' is a mark near or through a character that changes its phonetic value or significance. For example, diacritics appear above the letter "e" in the word "résumé," distinguishing the noun from the verb "resume." Diacritics are more common in various European languages than they are in English. | | A '''diacritic''' is a mark near or through a character that changes its phonetic value or significance. For example, diacritics appear above the letter "e" in the word "résumé," distinguishing the noun from the verb "resume." Diacritics are more common in various European languages than they are in English. |
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| − | The following are Western European (Latin-1) diacritics: | + | The following are common diacritics: |
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| − | * '''Áá, Éé, Íí, Óó,''' and '''Úú''' — An acute accent is a symbol placed over a vowel in some languages, especially [[French]] and [[Italian]]. | + | * '''Áá''' — An acute accent is a symbol placed over a vowel in some languages, especially [[French]] and [[Italian]]. |
| − | * '''Àà, Èè, Ìì, Òò''', and '''Ùù''' — A grave accent is placed over a vowel in some languages, especially [[French]], [[Italian]], and [[Vietnamese]]. | + | * '''Àà''' — A grave accent is placed over a vowel in some languages, especially [[French]], [[Italian]], and [[Vietnamese]]. |
| − | * '''Ââ, Êê, Îî, Ôô,''' and '''Ûû''' — A circumflex is placed over a vowel in some languages, especially [[French]], and [[Afrikaans]]. | + | * '''Ââ''' — A circumflex is placed over a vowel in some languages, especially [[French]], and [[Afrikaans]]. |
| − | * '''Ää, Ëë, Ïï, Öö,''' and '''Üü''' — An umlaut, represented by two dots above the vowel, is used in some languages, especially [[German]] and [[Afrikaans]] and Nordic languages like [[Swedish]] and [[Finnish]]. | + | * '''Ää''' — An umlaut, represented by two dots above the vowel, is used in some languages, especially [[German]] and [[Afrikaans]] and Nordic languages like [[Swedish]] and [[Finnish]]. |
| − | * '''Ãã''' and '''Ññ''' — A tilde is used in Spanish. | + | * '''Ññ''' — A tilde is used in Spanish. |
| | * '''Åå''' and '''Øø''' — These symbols are used in Scandinavian writing. | | * '''Åå''' and '''Øø''' — These symbols are used in Scandinavian writing. |
| | * '''Çç''' — A cedilla is used in French. | | * '''Çç''' — A cedilla is used in French. |
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| | | style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Huế''' | | | style="background:#FFFFA0;"|'''Huế''' |
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| | + | ==Latin-1== |
| | + | The following are Western European (Latin-1) diacritics: |
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| | + | * '''Áá, Éé, Íí, Óó,''' and '''Úú''' — An acute accent |
| | + | * '''Àà, Èè, Ìì, Òò''', and '''Ùù''' — A grave accent |
| | + | * '''Ââ, Êê, Îî, Ôô,''' and '''Ûû''' — A circumflex |
| | + | * '''Ää, Ëë, Ïï, Öö,''' and '''Üü''' — An umlaut, |
| | + | * '''Ãã''' and '''Ññ''' — A tilde |
| | + | * '''Åå''' and '''Øø''' — These symbols are used in Scandinavian writing. |
| | + | * '''Çç''' — A cedilla is used in French. |
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| | ==Latin-2== | | ==Latin-2== |