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The two dot diacritic is also sometimes used for purely stylistic reasons. For example, the Brontë family , whose surname was derived from Gaelic and had been anglicised as "Prunty", or "Brunty": At some point, the father of the sisters, Patrick Brontë (born Brunty), decided on the alternative spelling with a diaeresis diacritic over the ...
Diaeresis [a] (/ d aɪ ˈ ɛr ə s ɪ s,-ˈ ɪər-/ dy-ERR-ə-siss, - EER-) [1] is a diacritical mark consisting of two dots ( ̈) that indicates that two adjacent vowel letters are separate syllables – a vowel hiatus (also called a diaeresis) – rather than a digraph or diphthong.
two dots: two overdots ( ̈) are used for umlaut, diaeresis and others; (for example ö) two underdots ( ̤) are used in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and the ALA-LC romanization system ː – triangular colon, used in the IPA to mark long vowels (the "dots" are triangular, not circular). curves ̆ – breve; for example ŏ
Diacritic – Modifier mark added to a letter (accent marks etc.) Hebrew punctuation – Punctuation conventions of the Hebrew language over time Glossary of mathematical symbols
The only diacritic native to Modern English is the two dots (representing a vowel hiatus): its usage has tended to fall off except in certain publications and particular cases. [3] [a] Proper nouns are not generally counted as English terms except when accepted into the language as an eponym – such as Geiger–Müller tube.
Two dots (diacritic), the "two side-by-side dots" diacritic, often called a "Diaeresis", despite its having further linguistic uses, such as umlaut and schwa. Diairesis, a term in Platonic and Stoic philosophy, the division of a genus into its parts
Chandrabindu – Diacritic mark typically denoting nazalization, in Indian abugidas; Interpunct – Typographical symbol, variously used as word delimiter, currency decimal delimiter, etc. (·) Tittle – Diacritical mark, the dot of the letters i and j; Two dots (diacritic) – Diacritic that consists of two dots placed over a letter
The reference does not cite this letter and diacritic combination. [citation needed] ʏ 𐞲 Small capital Y IPA /ʏ/ IPA near-close near-front rounded vowel; Superscript form is an IPA superscript letter [7] ꭚ Y with short right leg Teuthonista [4] Swedish Dialect Alphabet: ʎ 𐞠 Turned y IPA /ʎ/