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Adds a breve diacritical mark (short curved line) above a letter to indicate a short vowel sound or specific pronunciation.

Overview

Primarily used in linguistic and phonetic contexts to modify letters with a breve accent, particularly important when writing in languages that use this diacritical mark.

  • Common in Romanian, Turkish, and other languages requiring breve accents
  • Essential for accurate transliteration of texts
  • Frequently appears in academic linguistics and language teaching materials
  • Can be applied to various base characters to create properly accented letters

Examples

Adding a breve accent over a lowercase letter in text mode

Thewordbra˘vocontainsabreveaccentThe word br\u{a}vo contains a breve accent 
The word br\u{a}vo contains a breve accent

Using breve accents in linguistic transcription

Thepronunciationiswrittenas[a˘]The pronunciation is written as [\u{a}] 
The pronunciation is written as [\u{a}]

Multiple breve accents in a word

Thetranscriptiona˘e˘i˘showsshortvowelsThe transcription \u{a}\u{e}\u{i} shows short vowels 
The transcription \u{a}\u{e}\u{i} shows short vowels