Names of Accent / Diacritic Marks

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  • breve: ă (NOT the pinyin 3rd tone)
  • hacek: ǎ (THIS is used to mark pinyin 3rd tone; pronounced "hachek" because it's a Polish word)
  • circumflex: â
  • grave: à
  • acute: á
  • oganek: ą
  • macron: ā
  • diaeresis: ä (often called by its German name, "umlaut")

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