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A tilde above a letter, marking nasal airflow.
Also known as: Tilde above, Nasalisation mark, Nasal tilde
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a tilde over a vowel marks it as nasalised: air escapes through the nose as well as the mouth. It transcribes the nasal vowels of French and Portuguese.
Marks the sound it modifies as nasalised, with airflow through the nose alongside the mouth.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Transcribes the nasal vowels of French, Portuguese and Polish, which contrast with their oral counterparts as separate phonemes.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A small wavy horizontal stroke placed directly above the letter it modifies.