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fgaDiacritical marks are symbols added to letters of the alphabet to indicate different pronunciation than the letters are usually given. This article describes the most common diacritical symbols, as well as some punctuation marks commonly used in French, Italian, and Spanish.

* é - accent acute * è - accent grave * ê - circumflex * ë - umlaut or diaerisis * ç - cedilla * ñ - tilde * ø - streg * ð - eth (capital form Ð) * å - bolle * æ - ligature * œ - ligature * ē - macron * č - háček * ŭ - crescent *

The examples given below are ANSI values, as shown in the Windows 3.1 character map. * Diacritical * Mark Description * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * * acute accent A little diagonal line, used over a vowel. Usually * indicates which syllable is stressed. Slants from upper * right down to lower left. Used in French, Hungarian, * Portuguese, and Spanish. * * Example: 0225 (accent over lowercase A) * * breve (BREEV) A curved mark over a vowel. Used to indicate a * short vowel or a short or unstressed syllable. * (Sometimes referred to as a "smiley face.") Used in * Latin and Turkish. * * No example in standard Windows character set. * * caret (CARE-et) The "hat" symbol found on the "6" key. See * also circumflex. Used in French and Portuguese. * *

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