Editing Interpunct (section)

=== Occitan ===
In [[Occitan language|Occitan]], especially in the [[Gascon language|Gascon]] dialect, the interpunct (''punt interior'', literally, "inner dot", or ''ponch naut'' for "high / upper point") is used to distinguish the following graphemes:
* '''s·h''', pronounced {{IPA|[s.h]}}, versus '''sh''', pronounced {{IPA|[ʃ]}}, for example, in ''des·har'' 'to undo' vs ''deishar'' 'to leave'
* '''n·h''', pronounced {{IPA|[n.h]}}, versus '''nh''', pronounced {{IPA|[ɲ]}}, for example in ''in·hèrn'' 'hell' vs ''vinha'' 'vineyard'
Although it is considered to be a spelling error, a [[Full stop|period]] is frequently used when a middle dot is unavailable: ''des.har, in.hèrn'', which is the case for French [[Keyboard layout#French|keyboard layout]].

In modern editions of [[Old Occitan]] texts, the apostrophe and interpunct are used to denote certain [[elision]]s that were not originally marked. The apostrophe is used with [[Clitic#Proclitic|proclitic]] forms and the interpunct is used with [[Clitic#Enclitic|enclitic]] forms:
* '''que·l''' (''que lo'', that the) versus '''qu'el''' (that he)
* From [[Bertran de Born]]'s ''Ab joi mou lo vers e·l comens'' (translated by James H. Donalson):
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''Bela Domna·l vostre cors gens'' <br/>
''E·lh vostre bel olh m'an conquis,'' <br/>
''E·l doutz esgartz e lo clars vis,'' <br/>
''E·l vostre bels essenhamens,'' <br/>
''Que, can be m'en pren esmansa,'' <br/>
''De beutat no·us trob egansa:'' <br/>
''La genser etz c'om posc'e·l mon chauzir,'' <br/>
''O no·i vei clar dels olhs ab que·us remir.''
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''Domna·l'' {{IPA|[ˈdonnal]}} = ''Domna, lo'' ("Lady, the": singular [[Definite article#Definite article|definite article]]) <br/>
''E·lh'' {{IPA|[eʎ]}} = ''E li'' ("And the": plural definite article) <br/>
''E·l'' {{IPA|[el]}} = ''E lo'' ("And the") <br/>
''E·l'' = ''E lo'' ("And the") <br/>
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''No·us'' {{IPA|[nows]}} = ''Non vos'' ("(do) not... you": [[Indirect objects|direct object]] pronoun) <br/>
''E·l'' = ''En lo'' ("in the") <br/>
''No·i''  {{IPA|[noj]}} = ''Non i'' ("(do) not... there") // ''Que·us'' {{IPA|[kews]}} = ''Que vos'' ("that (I)... you")
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O pretty lady, all your grace <br/>
and eyes of beauty conquered me, <br/>
sweet glance and brightness of your face <br/>
and all your nature has to tell <br/>
so if I make an appraisal <br/>
I find no one like in beauty: <br/>
most pleasing to be found in all the world <br/>
or else the eyes I see you with have dimmed.
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