Editing Diacritic (section)

===Arabic===
{{further|Arabic diacritics}}
* (ئ ؤ إ أ and stand alone ء) {{lang|ar-Latn|[[hamza]]}}: indicates a [[glottal stop]].
* (ــًــٍــٌـ) {{lang|ar-Latn|tanwīn}} ({{lang|ar|تنوين}}) symbols: Serve a grammatical role in [[Arabic language|Arabic]]. The sign ـً is most commonly written in combination with [[Aleph|alif]], e.g. {{lang|ar|ـًا}}.
* (ــّـ) {{lang|ar-Latn|[[shadda]]}}: Gemination (doubling) of consonants.
* (ٱ) {{lang|ar-Latn|waṣla}}: Comes most commonly at the beginning of a word. Indicates a type of {{lang|ar-Latn|hamza}} that is pronounced only when the letter is read at the beginning of the talk.
* (آ) {{lang|ar-Latn|madda}}: A written replacement for a {{lang|ar-Latn|hamza}} that is followed by an alif, i.e. ({{lang|ar|ءا}}). Read as a glottal stop followed by a long {{IPA|/aː/}}, e.g. {{lang|ar|ءاداب، ءاية، قرءان، مرءاة}} are written out respectively as {{lang|ar|آداب، آية، قرآن، مرآة}}. This writing rule does not apply when the alif that follows a {{lang|ar-Latn|hamza}} is not a part of the stem of the word, e.g. {{lang|ar|نتوءات}} is not written out as {{lang|ar|نتوآت}} as the stem {{lang|ar|نتوء}} does not have an alif that follows its {{lang|ar-Latn|hamza}}.
* (ــٰـ) ''superscript {{lang|ar-Latn|alif|italic=unset}}'' (also "short" or "dagger alif": A replacement for an original alif that is dropped in the writing out of some rare words, e.g. {{lang|ar|لاكن}} is not written out with the original alif found in the word pronunciation, instead it is written out as {{lang|ar|لٰكن}}.
* {{lang|ar-Latn|ḥarakāt}} (In Arabic: {{lang|ar|حركات}} also called {{lang|ar|تشكيل}} {{lang|ar-Latn|tashkīl}}):
** (ــَـ) {{lang|ar-Latn|fatḥa}} (a)
** (ــِـ) {{lang|ar-Latn|kasra}} (i)
** (ــُـ) {{lang|ar-Latn|ḍamma}} (u)
** (ــْـ) {{lang|ar-Latn|sukūn}} (no vowel)
* The {{lang|ar-Latn|ḥarakāt}} or vowel points serve two purposes:
** They serve as a phonetic guide. They indicate the presence of short vowels ({{lang|ar-Latn|fatḥa}}, {{lang|ar-Latn|kasra}}, or {{lang|ar-Latn|ḍamma}}) or their absence ({{lang|ar-Latn|sukūn}}).
** At the last letter of a word, the vowel point reflects the [[inflection]] case or [[Grammatical conjugation|conjugation mood]].
*** For nouns, The {{lang|ar-Latn|ḍamma}} is for the nominative, {{lang|ar-Latn|fatḥa}} for the accusative, and {{lang|ar-Latn|kasra}} for the genitive.
*** For verbs, the {{lang|ar-Latn|ḍamma}} is for the imperfective, {{lang|ar-Latn|fatḥa}} for the perfective, and the {{lang|ar-Latn|sukūn}} is for verbs in the imperative or [[jussive]] moods.
* Vowel points or {{lang|ar-Latn|tashkīl}} should not be confused with consonant points or {{lang|ar-Latn|[[Arabic diacritics|iʿjam]]}} ({{lang|ar|إعجام}}) – one, two or three dots written above or below a consonant to distinguish between letters of the same or similar [[rasm|form]].