Diacritical marks are symbols for guiding/indicating?
Romanian alphabet use accents or diacritics – these are secondary symbols added to letters (i.e. basic glyphs) to alter their pronunciation or to distinguish between words. There are, however, five special letters in the Romanian alphabet (associated with four different sounds) which are formed by modifying other Latin letters; strictly speaking these letters function as basic glyphs in their own right rather than letters with diacritical marks, but they are often referred to as the latter. The letter "â" is used exclusively in the middle of words; its majuscule version appears only in all-capitals inscriptions. Writing letters ș and ț with a
English terms with diacritical marks English terms with diacritical marks Some English language terms have letters with diacritical marks. Most of the words are loanwords from French, with others coming from Spanish, Portuguese, German, or other languages. Some are however originally English, or at least their diacritics are. Proper nouns are not generally counted as English terms except when accepted into the language as an eponym – such as Geiger–Müller tube, or the English terms roentgen after Wilhelm Röntgen, and biro after László Bíró, in which case any diacritical mark is often lost. Though limited, the following diacritical marks in English may be encountered, particularly