Editing Tilde (section)

===Connection to Spanish===
{{Main|Ñ}}
[[File:Logotipo del Instituto Cervantes.svg|thumbnail|left|Logo of the Instituto Cervantes]]
[[File:Logo de CNN en Español (2010-2015).svg|thumbnail|right|Logo of CNN en Español]]
As indicated by the etymological origin of the word "tilde" in English, this symbol has been closely associated with the [[Spanish language]]. The connection stems from the use of the tilde above the letter {{angbr|n}} to form the (different) letter {{angbr|ñ}} in Spanish, a feature shared by only [[#Palatal n|a few other languages]], most of which are historically connected to Spanish. This peculiarity can help non-native speakers quickly identify a text as being written in Spanish with little chance of error. Particularly during the 1990s, Spanish-speaking intellectuals and news outlets demonstrated support for the language and the culture by defending this letter against [[globalisation]] and [[computer]]isation trends that threatened to remove it from keyboards and other standardised products and codes.<ref>{{cite web|title=26 argumentos para seguir defendiendo la Ñ|url=http://www.larazon.es/historico/651-26-argumentos-para-seguir-defendiendo-la-n-SLLA_RAZON_352314#.Ttt1ZN8CWth9pio|website=La Razón|access-date=31 January 2016|date=11 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/internacionales/batalla-de-la-n-una-aventura-quijotesca-para-defender-el-alma-de-la-lengua-797718.html |title=Batalla de la Ñ: Una aventura quijotesca para defender el alma de la lengua |last=AFP |date=18 November 2004 |website=Periódico ABC Paraguay |access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref> The [[Instituto Cervantes]], founded by [[Spanish government|Spain's government]] to promote the Spanish language internationally, chose as its logo a highly stylised {{char|Ñ}} with a large tilde. The 24-hour news channel [[CNN]] in the US later adopted a similar strategy on its existing logo for the launch of its [[CNN en Español|Spanish-language version]], therefore being written as CN͠N. And similarly to the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), the [[Spain men's national basketball team]] is nicknamed "ÑBA".

In Spanish itself the word {{lang|es|tilde}} is used more generally for diacritics, including the stress-marking acute accent.<ref>[http://dle.rae.es/?id=ZkHNOE8 Diccionario de la lengua española], Real Academia Española</ref> The diacritic {{char|~}} is more commonly called {{lang|es|virgulilla}} or {{lang|es|la tilde de la eñe}}, and is not considered an accent mark in Spanish, but rather simply a part of the letter {{char|ñ}} (much like [[tittle|the dot]] over {{char|ı}} makes an {{char|i}} character that is familiar to readers of English).