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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 from another word. For instance: the letter '''e''' becomes '''é''', '''c''' becomes '''č''', '''o''' becomes '''ø''', '''s''' becomes '''ș''', '''ω''' becomes '''ώ''', '''и''' becomes '''й'''. | 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 from another word. For instance: the letter '''e''' becomes '''é''', '''c''' becomes '''č''', '''o''' becomes '''ø''', '''s''' becomes '''ș''', '''ω''' becomes '''ώ''', '''и''' becomes '''й''', '''ll''' becomes '''l·l'''.. | ||
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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 from another word. For instance: the letter e becomes é, c becomes č, o becomes ø, s becomes ș, ω becomes ώ, и becomes й, ll becomes l·l..