A notable feature in N is the frequent oa spellings […] The a is here a diacritic which is meant to distinguish /ɔ̄/ from /ō/ on the model of the distinction ea /ǣ/—e /ē/ in the AB texts.
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Diacritic
/ˌdaɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/
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7 entrieslinguistic featurelinguistic markmarkorthographic featureorthographic markphonetic marktypography feature
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10 entriesacute accentaspiration markcedillacircumflexdiaeresisgrave accentmacronnasalization marktildetone mark
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9 entriesdiacritic chartdiacritic fontdiacritic letterdiacritic markdiacritic marksdiacritic symboldiacritical markdiacritical symbolphonetic diacritic
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