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A diacritical mark or '''diacritic''', sometimes called an '''accent mark''', is a Mark added to a Letter to alter a Word 's pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words. The word derives from the Greek word διακριτικός (diakratikos, ''distinguishing''). Note that ''diacritic'' is a noun and ''diacritical'' is the corresponding adjective. A diacritical mark can appear above or below the letter to which it is added, or in some other position; however, note that not all such marks are diacritical. For example, in English , the Tittle (dot) on the letters ''i'' and ''j'' is not a diacritical mark, but rather part of the letter itself. Further, a mark may be diacritical in one language, but not in another; for example, in Catalan , Portuguese or Spanish , ''u'' and ''ü'' are considered the same letter, while in German , Estonian , Hungarian , Turkish or Azeri they are considered to be separate letters. The main usage of a diacritic is to change the phonetic meaning of the letter, but the term is also used in a more general sense of changing the meaning of the letter or even the whole word. Examples are writing numerals in Numeral System s, such as early Greek Numerals and marking abbreviations with the Titlo in old Slavic texts. TYPES OF DIACRITIC
Marks that are sometimes diacritics, but also have other uses, are: |
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