diacritic
Accent above letter
A diacritic is a mark added to a letter to indicate a change in pronunciation or to distinguish between words.
The accent marks in café, the umlaut in naïve, and the cedilla in façade are diacritics.
English uses them mainly in borrowed words, though they often drop away over time: résumé becomes resume.
Wavy diacritical mark
- cedillaMark softening consonants
- umlautDouble-dot diacritical mark
- circumflexPeaked accent mark
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
grave · breve · diaeresis · horn · tittle · ring · stroke · hook
Correct letter sequence
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- graphemeMinimal written symbol unit
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
- romanizationScript-to-alphabet conversion process
vowel · consonant · pronunciation guide · phonetic spelling · writing system · syllabary · IPA · transcription
Visual form of character
- fontCharacter style set
- typefaceLettering style design
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- encodingConverting data to format
kerning · ligature · precomposed · decomposed · combining · character set · ASCII · rendering
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- toneQuality of sound
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- nasalizationSound routed through nostrils
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
phonology · phonetics · articulation · prosody · gemination · mutation · pronunciation · phonemic
tilde
Wavy diacritical mark
- cedillaMark softening consonants
- umlautDouble-dot diacritical mark
- circumflexPeaked accent mark
acute · grave · breve · diaeresis · horn · tittle · ring · stroke · hook · overline
spelling
Correct letter sequence
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- graphemeMinimal written symbol unit
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
romanization · vowel · consonant · pronunciation guide · phonetic spelling · writing system · syllabary · IPA · transcription · vocalization
glyph
Visual form of character
encoding · kerning · ligature · precomposed · decomposed · combining · character set · ASCII · rendering · display
phoneme
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- toneQuality of sound
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- nasalizationSound routed through nostrils
aspiration · phonology · phonetics · articulation · prosody · gemination · mutation · pronunciation · phonemic · tonal language
Vietnamese
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