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A diacritic (pronounced /daɪ.əˈkrɪtɨk/) (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign) is an ancillary glyph added to a letter, or basic glyph. The term derives from the Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, "distinguishing"). Diacritic is both an adjective and a noun, whereas diacritical is only an adjective. Some diacritical marks, such as the acute ( ´ ) and grave ( ` ) are often called accents. Diacritical marks may appear above or below a letter, or in some other position such as within the letter or between two letters. The main use of diacritics in the Latin alphabet is to change the sound value of the letter to which they are added. Examples from English are the diaeresis in naïve and Noël, which show that the vowel with the diaeresis mark is pronounced separately from the preceding vowel; the acute and grave 'accents', which indicate that a final vowel is to be pronounced, as in saké and poetic breathèd, and the cedilla under the "c" in the loaned French word façade, which shows it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/. In other Latin alphabets, they may distinguish between homonyms, such as French là "there" versus la "the", which are both pronounced [la]. In Gaelic type, a dot over the letter f indicates that it is silent. Diacritical marks accent
breve ( ˘ ) caron / háček ( ˇ ) cedilla / cédille ( ¸ ) circumflex / vokáň ( ˆ ) diaeresis / umlaut ( ¨ ) dot ( · ) hook / dấu hỏi ( ̉ ) horn / dấu móc ( ̛ ) macron ( ¯ ) ogonek / nosinė ( ˛ ) ring / kroužek ( ˚, ˳ ) rough breathing / dasia ( ῾ ) smooth breathing / psili ( ᾿ ) Marks sometimes used as diacritics apostrophe ( ’ )bar ( | ) colon ( : ) comma ( , ) hyphen ( ˗ ) tilde ( ~ ) titlo ( ҃ ) Diacritical marks in other scripts Arabic diacriticsGurmukhi diacritics Hebrew diacritics Common diacritics in Indic scripts
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Khmer diacritics Syriac diacritics Thai diacriticsIn other alphabetic systems, diacritics may perform other functions. Vowel pointing systems, namely the Arabic harakat ( ـَ, ـُ, ـُ, etc.) and the Hebrew niqqud ( ַ, ֶ, ִ, ֹ , ֻ, etc.) systems, indicate sounds (vowels and tones) that are not conveyed by the basic alphabet. The Indic virama ( ् etc.) and the Arabic waṣla (above alif ٱ ) and sukūn ( ـْـ ) mark the absence of a vowel. Cantillation marks indicate prosody. Other uses include the Early Cyrillic titlo ( ◌҃ ) and the Hebrew gershayim ( ״ ), which, respectively, mark abbreviations or acronyms, and Greek diacritics, which showed that letters of the alphabet were being used as numerals. In orthography and collation, a letter modified by a diacritic may be treated either as a new, distinct letter or as a letter–diacritic combination. This varies from language to language, and may vary from case to case within a language. In some cases, letters are used as "in-line diacritics" in place of ancillary glyphs, because they modify the sound of the letter preceding them, as in the case of the "h" in English "sh" and "th". From Wikipedia under the
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Q. Or words being added from French or Spanish since we live in the Americas? Not the UK or Europe. And do you think it's efficient to have diacritics in English? Why or why not? One reason I think it will not be likely usable because people will be slower to type on their keyboard. like a e i o u, (What did he say?) (What I said.) ... I think ...In other words. What's your point of view? Or, How do think it will change. Do you think it's okay like this? I think it's OK like this. But how do you think it will change like it did? Do you think it will change? You're right 'evolutionate' can be used as (to/make + evolution) as (to evolve) that comes from Spanish: evolucionar , evolucion . In French its evoluer , evolution Asked by life - Mon Dec 17 21:07:36 2007 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. Yes. All languages are in a constant state of evolution and English is no exception. Here are some trends that may (or may not) be part of the future of English grammar: 1) The replacement of "going to", "have to", "want to", "ought to" with new modals "gonna", "hafta", "wanna", "ou(gh)tta". These are already part of the American vernacular, so the next step is acceptance as part of the formal language and then in writing (usually in that order, since writing is the unwanted step-child and gets everything last as a hand-me-down). 2) Continuing loss of final consonant clusters and final consonants. This process began in Early Modern English times ("lamb" and "calf" used to have all the consonants pronounced) and will continue. An… [cont.] Answered by Taivo - Mon Dec 17 22:51:32 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "diacritics" |
