Wikipedia: Diacritic

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Gravis, acute, circumflex, cedilla and diaresis are used in French. Diaresis is used in German and Spanish.

Gravis, acute, circumflex, cedilla and diaresis are used in French. Diaresis is used in German and Spanish. Hebrew and Arabic use diacritica for denoting vowels (not in the list above).

An additional mark added to a basic letter.

Types of diacritical marks

gravis
acute
circumflex
macron
diaresis or umlaut
cedilla
tilde
bar through the basic letter
spiritus asper
spiritus lenis

Gravis, acute, circumflex, cedilla and diaresis are used in French. Diaresis is used in German and Spanish. Hebrew and Arabic use diacritica for denoting vowels (not in the list above).