diacritic

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The Vietnamese language is written with marks — diacritics — that represent different tones.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2021

Exclamation points, interrobangs and innumerable French diacritics were all part of his patois.

From New York Times • May 2, 2019

But go back a few generations and you will find school copybooks full of diacritics: role was rôle, and so on.

From Time • Feb. 17, 2016

By the way, how do you pronounce your surname, I ask, mystified by those diverting Danish diacritics.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2011

Errors of punctuation and diacritics have been repaired.

From Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) by Various