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A cedilla (/ s ɪ ˈ d ɪ l ə / sih-DIH-lə; from Spanish cedilla, "small ceda", i.e. small "z"), or cedille (from French cédille, pronounced), is a hook or tail (¸) added under certain letters (as a diacritical mark) to indicate that their pronunciation is modified.
A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek διακριτικός ( diakritikós , "distinguishing"), from διακρίνω ( diakrínō , "to distinguish").
Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters.
Several non-English letters have traditional names: ç c cedilla, ð eth (also spelled edh), ŋ engma or eng, ə schwa (also spelled shwa), ǃ exclamation mark, ǀ pipe. Other symbols are unique to the IPA, and have developed their own quirky names: ɾ fish-hook r , ɤ ram's horns , ʘ bull's eye , ʃ esh (apparently never 'stretched s'), ʒ ...
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Some sources distinguish "diacritical marks" (marks upon standard letters in the A–Z 26-letter alphabet) from "special characters" (letters not marked but radically modified from the standard 26-letter alphabet) such as Old English and Icelandic eth (Ð, ð) and thorn (uppercase Þ, lowercase þ), and ligatures such as Latin and Anglo-Saxon Æ (minuscule: æ), and German eszett (ß; final ...
Cedilla Cedilla ̧ Cedilla: 28 1 Live: Circumflex Circumflex ̂ Circumflex: 57 1 Live, rm overlinks done Diaeresis Diaeresis ̈ ̤ Diaeresis (diacritic) 56 3 Live pilot; spec fmt Greek ltrs Dot Dot ̇ ̣ Dot (diacritic) 42 1 Live 4col (above, below, ) Grave Grave ̀ Grave accent: 48 3 Live: Double grave
A with cedilla: General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages: Dii, Mundani, and Pana: À̧ à̧: A with grave and cedilla: Dii, Mundani Á̧ á̧: A with acute and cedilla: Dii, Pana Â̧ â̧: A with circumflex and cedilla: Pana Ǎ̧ ǎ̧: A with caron and cedilla: Mundani A̭ a̭: A with circumflex below: Juǀʼhoansi: A̰ a̰: A with tilde below