Every dictionary has a nice pronunciation key to help us out. Anyone know the names for these symbols?

the symbols that appear over the letters that is.

Every dictionary has a nice pronunciation key to help us out. Anyone know the names for these symbols?
The alphabet that tells us how to pronounce words is the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). "Diacritics" are the symbols that appear above various letters in the IPA.
Reply:well the symbols, which represent sounds are called phonemes or phones. the other symbols indicate stress and are called stress marks





police /p蓹'li:s/





' is a stress mark





and in such cases %26gt;脻 脠





these are diacritical marks
Reply:Diacritical marks
Reply:well in spanish they are called accents...
Reply:As a group they're called 'accents'.


This link has the most common forms and names;


http://tlt.psu.edu/suggestions/internati...