Does Dutch Have Diacritics?

Dutch uses the acute accent to add emphasis to a vowel or to distinguish two possible pronunciations from each other: Á/á, É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó, Ú/ú.

Which language does not use diacritics?

All these diacritics, however, are frequently omitted in writing, and English is the only major modern European language that does not use diacritics in common.

Are accent marks diacritics?

Accent Marks Are Just Diacritics

Phonetically, diacritical marks serve an important role in indicating how a word is pronounced, but in some cases, the presence of a diacritic can change the meaning of a word entirely (think about the difference between résumé and resume).

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