),
grave accent (
),
macron (
),
circumflex (caret, 
),
wedge (hachek, caron, 
),
tilde (
) and
dieresis (umlaut,
).
[Spanish:
diacrítico]
diacritic:
a small mark used together with a letter,
indicating either a variation on the same sound
(such as stress or a particular tone)
or a different, though often similar, sound.
Common diacritics include the
acute accent (),
grave accent (),
macron (),
circumflex (caret, ),
wedge (hachek, caron, ),
tilde () and
dieresis (umlaut,).
[Spanish:
diacrítico]
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