diacritic

sign combined to a base letter, digit, or symbol, in order to modify its reading or interpretation
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diacritic

Summary

diacritic is a grapheme[1]. diacritic has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • diacritic's instance of is recorded as grapheme[3].
  • diacritic is a type of character[4].
  • diacritic is a type of additional sign[5].
  • diacritic is a type of version[6].
  • diacritic is a type of allograph[7].
  • diacritic is a type of string[8].
  • diacritic's Commons category is recorded as Diacritics[9].
  • diacritic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Diacritics[10].
  • diacritic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Diacritical marks[11].
  • diacritic's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • diacritic's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • diacritic's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • diacritic's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • diacritic's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[16].
  • diacritic's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/diacritics[17].
  • diacritic's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://tex.stackexchange.com/tags/accents[18].
  • diacritic's used by is recorded as diacritical orthography[19].
  • diacritic's different from is recorded as accent[20].
  • diacritic's different from is recorded as stress[21].
  • diacritic's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].

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Designation and Status

diacritic's instance of is recorded as grapheme[3].

Why It Matters

diacritic has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] diacritic is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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