The breve is the diacritical mark that indicates a vowel should be pronounced with a short vowel sound. The breve is a half moon shape that looks like a parenthesis printed sideways with the opening at the top. It would be placed over the a in cat or the i in sit. It is used with all vowels.
Gilgit Baltistan, (formerly known as the Northern Areas), (Urdu: Ú¯ÙÚ¯Øª Ø¨ÙØªØ³ØªØ§Ù) is the northern-most autonomous territory of Pakistan. It was part of the former Princely state of Kashmir and Jammu in 1800s and later leased to British eventually liberated after a planned liberation movement led by Gilgit Scouts.
Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas, is the northernmost administrative territory in Pakistan. It borders Azad Kashmir to the south, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north, the Xinjiang region of China, to the east and northeast, and the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast. Gilgit-Baltistan is part of the Kashmir region that is disputed by India and Pakistan, along with Azad Kashmir, Aksai Chi