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  Acute accent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Catalan, the acute accent is used to mark both the stress and the distinct quality of certain stressed vowels, such as è [ɛ] versus é [e], or such as ò [ɔ] versus ó [o].
In Danish, the usage of the acute accent is very similar to the Dutch usage, for example én (one) vs. en (a/an) and fór (went) and for (for).
In Hungarian, Irish, Czech, and Slovak the acute accent is used to mark the quantity or length of the base vowel.
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 Encyclopedia: Double acute accent
The double acute accent (˝) is a diacritic mark of the latin script used primarily in written Hungarian.
The double acute accent is also used in south Slavic phonetic alphabets as used by linguists to show a certain kind of tone.
The double acute accent (Ì‹) is a diacritic mark of the latin script used primarily in written Hungarian.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Double-acute-accent   (3490 words)

  
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Italian uses acute and grave to indicate irregular stress patterns (as in più, which would otherwise be stressed on the i) and to distinguish words that would otherwise be homographs (such as te ["you"] and tè ["tea"]).
Acute is used on a vowel in a stressed syllable in words with irregular stress patterns.
Acute accents are also used in Slavic language dictionaries and textbooks to indicate lexical stress, placed over the vowel of the stressed syllable.
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 Double acute accent -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Double acute accent -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Double acute accent is a (A mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation) diacritic mark used in (Click link for more info and facts about written Hungarian) written Hungarian.
The double acute acts as combined acute with (A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound) umlaut, giving the longer version of ö and ü.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/do/double_acute_accent.htm   (123 words)

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