What is a Tilde?
- schlesadv
- 1 hour ago
- 1 min read
Other accent marks and diacritical signs include the circumflex (^), tilde (~), cedilla (,), and macron (-). [1, 2]
Common Accent and Diacritical Marks
Circumflex (â, ê, ô): A small point or "hat" over a vowel that often shows a change in sound or language history, like in château.
Tilde (tilde / ñ, ã): A squiggle over a letter (like n in Spanish) to show a blended or nasal sound, as in señor.
Cedilla (ç): A small hook under the letter c that changes a hard "k" sound to a soft "s" sound, as in façade.
Macron (ē): A straight horizontal line over a vowel to show a long vowel sound.
Breve (ŏ): A curved bowl shape over a vowel to show a short vowel sound.
Diaeresis or Umlaut (ë, ö): Two dots over a vowel that show it is pronounced separately or alters a Germanic vowel sound.
Grave (à, è): A back-slanted mark indicating pitch or unaccented syllables.
Acute (á, é): A forward-slanted mark showing a stressed syllable.
Comments