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A '''diacritic''' or '''diacritic(al) mark''' or '''diacritic(al) sign''', in several [[writing system]]s, is a little sign added on a character, modifying slightly this character, in order to give any information about the pronunciation or, sometimes, in order to distinguish a word from another word. For instance: the character '''e''' becomes '''é''', '''c''' becomes '''č''', '''o''' becomes '''ø''', '''s''' becomes '''ș''', '''ω''' becomes '''ώ''', '''и''' becomes '''й''', '''nh''' becomes '''n·h'''. | A '''diacritic''' or '''diacritic(al) mark''' or '''diacritic(al) sign''', in several [[writing system]]s, is a little sign added on a character, modifying slightly this character, in order to give any information about the pronunciation or, sometimes, in order to distinguish a word from another word. For instance: the character '''e''' becomes '''é''', '''c''' becomes '''č''', '''o''' becomes '''ø''', '''s''' becomes '''ș''', '''ω''' becomes '''ώ''', '''и''' becomes '''й''', '''nh''' becomes '''n·h'''. | ||
A letter with a diacritic is called a ''modified letter''. | |||
Revision as of 16:39, 8 October 2010
A diacritic or diacritic(al) mark or diacritic(al) sign, in several writing systems, is a little sign added on a character, modifying slightly this character, in order to give any information about the pronunciation or, sometimes, in order to distinguish a word from another word. For instance: the character e becomes é, c becomes č, o becomes ø, s becomes ș, ω becomes ώ, и becomes й, nh becomes n·h.
A letter with a diacritic is called a modified letter.