# mater lectionis

> representation of vowels as independent letters where they would otherwise be indicated by optional diacritics in a given orthography

**Wikidata**: [Q761278](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q761278)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mater_lectionis)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/mater-lectionis


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013