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In several [[writing system]]s, a '''diacritic'''—also called '''diacritic(al) mark''' or '''diacritic(al) sign'''— 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 form another word.
In several [[writing system]]s, a '''diacritic'''—also called '''diacritic(al) mark''' or '''diacritic(al) sign'''— 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 form another word.

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In several writing systems, a diacritic—also called diacritic(al) mark or diacritic(al) sign— 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 form another word.