The Indic virama (вЂ‰аҐЌ etc.) and the Arabic sukЕ«n ( ЩЂЩ’ЩЂвЂ‰) mark the absence of vowels. Vowel pointing systems, namely the Arabic harakat ( ЩЂЩђВ ,ЩЂЩЏВ ,ЩЂЩЋ,В etc.) and the Hebrew niqqud ( Ц·в—Њ, Ц¶в—Њ, Цґв—Њ, Ц№в—Њ, Ц»в—Њ, etc.) systems, indicate vowels that are not conveyed by the basic alphabet. In other alphabetic systems, diacritics may perform other functions. In Gaelic type, a dot over a consonant indicates lenition of the consonant in question. In Latin-script alphabets in other languages, diacritics may distinguish between homonyms, such as the French lГ ('there') versus la ('the'), which are both pronounced /la/. All these diacritics, however, are frequently omitted in writing, and English is the only major modern European language that does not use diacritics in common.

Most other words with diacritics in English are borrowings from languages such as French to better preserve the spelling, such as the diaeresis on naГЇve and NoГ«l, the acute from cafГ©, the circumflex in the word crГЄpe, and the cedilla in faГ§ade. Other examples are the acute and grave accents, which can indicate that a vowel is to be pronounced differently than normal in that position, for example not reduced to /Й™/ or silent as in the case of the two uses of the letter e in the noun rГ©sumГ© (as opposed to the verb resume) and the help sometimes provided in the pronunciation of some words such as doggГЁd, learnГЁd, blessГЁd, and especially words pronounced differently than normal in poetry (for example movГЁd, breathГЁd). Historically, English has used the diaeresis to indicate the correct pronunciation of ambiguous words, such as 'coГ¶perate', without which the letter sequence could be misinterpreted to be pronounced /Л€kuЛђpЙ™reЙЄt/. The main use of diacritics in Latin script is to change the sound-values of the letters to which they are added. Diacritics may appear above or below a letter or in some other position such as within the letter or between two letters. Some diacritics, such as the acute (вЂ‰в—ЊМЃвЂ‰) and grave (вЂ‰в—ЊМЂвЂ‰), are often called accents. The word diacritic is a noun, though it is sometimes used in an attributive sense, whereas diacritical is only an adjective. The term derives from the Ancient Greek ОґО№О±ОєПЃО№П„О№ОєПЊП‚ ( diakritikГіs, 'distinguishing'), from ОґО№О±ОєПЃОЇОЅП‰ ( diakrД«МЃnЕЌ, 'to distinguish'). Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols.ДЄ diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. This article contains special characters.

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