Faggin-Nazzi alphabet S, Š, T, U, V, Z. Faggin-Nazzi alphabet The Faggin-Nazzi alphabet is an orthographic system proposed to write the Friulian language, named after its creators, Giorgio Faggin and Gianni Nazzi. It was created before the orthography which is today standard for Friulian, that was developed by Catalan linguist Xavier Lamuela. Today Faggin-Nazzi is rarely used, also because it uses letters typical of Slavic languages, such as č, which are unfamiliar for most Furlans due to dissimilarity from the Italian alphabet. The alphabet consists of the following letters: A, B, C, Č, D, E, F, G, Ğ, H, I, J, L,
Hook (diacritic) a diacritical mark used in Vietnamese, or the rhotic hook, used in the International Phonetic Alphabet. It could be argued that the hook was used to derive the letter J from the letter I, or the letter Eng (ŋ) from the letter N. However, these letters are usually not identified as being formed with the hook. Most letters with hook are used in the International Phonetic Alphabet, and many languages use them (along with capitals) representing the same sounds. The hook often attaches to the top part of the letter, sometimes replacing the ascender. If it attaches to the bottom