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Vietnamese
Etymology
dấu (“mark”) + sóng (“wave”), from the diacritical mark's resemblance to an ocean wave.
The Middle Vietnamese diacritic was derived from the Portuguese til (“tilde”) and has since fallen out of use.
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cái) dấu sóng
- (typography) swung dash; tilde (punctuation mark that indicates range)
- (typography, historical) apex (diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/)
Usage notes
This diacritic is a homoglyph of dấu ngã and dấu mềm, which are also known in English as tilde based on their appearance.
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