Editing Acute accent (section)

=== Palatalization <span class="anchor" id="Kreska"></span> ===
A graphically similar, but not identical, mark is indicative of a [[Palatalization (phonetics)|palatalized]] sound in several languages.

In [[Polish language|Polish]], such a mark is known as a '''{{lang|pl|kreska}}''' ("stroke") and is an integral part of several letters: four consonants and one vowel. When appearing in consonants, it indicates [[Palatalization (phonetics)|palatalization]], similar to the use of the {{lang|cs|[[háček]]}} in [[Czech language|Czech]] and other Slavic languages (e.g. {{lang|cs|sześć}} {{IPA|pl|ˈʂɛɕt͡ɕ|}} "six"). However, in contrast to the {{lang|cs|háček}} which is usually used for [[postalveolar consonant]]s, the {{lang|pl|kreska}} denotes [[alveolo-palatal consonant]]s. In traditional Polish [[typography]], the {{lang|pl|kreska}} is more nearly vertical than the acute accent, and placed slightly right of center.<ref name="kreska">{{cite web|url=http://www.twardoch.com/download/polishhowto/kreska.html|title=Polish Diacritics: how to?|website=www.twardoch.com}}</ref> A similar rule applies to the Belarusian Latin alphabet {{lang|uk|[[Łacinka]]}}. However, for computer use, [[Unicode]] conflates the [[codepoint]]s for these letters with those of the accented Latin letters of similar appearance.

In [[Serbo-Croatian]], as in Polish, the letter {{angbr|ć}} is used to represent a [[voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate]] {{IPA|/t͡ɕ/}}.

In the [[romanization]] of [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]], {{angbr|ǵ}} and {{angbr|ḱ}} represent the [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] letters {{angbr|ѓ}} ([[Gje]]) and {{angbr|ќ}} ([[Kje]]), which stand for [[palatal consonant|palatal]] or [[alveolo-palatal consonant|alveolo-palatal]] consonants, though {{angbr|gj}} and {{angbr|kj}} (or {{angbr|đ}} and {{angbr|ć}}) are more commonly used for this purpose{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}. The same two letters are used to transcribe the postulated [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] [[phoneme]]s {{IPA|/ɡʲ/}} and {{IPA|/kʲ/}}.

{{notatypo|[[Sorbian alphabet|Sorbian]]}} uses the acute for palatalization as in Polish: {{angbr|ć dź ń}}. Lower {{notatypo|Sorbian}} also uses {{angbr|ŕ ś ź}}, and Lower {{notatypo|Sorbian}} previously used {{angbr|ḿ ṕ ẃ}} and {{angbr|b́ f́}}, also written as {{angbr|b' f'}}; these are now spelt as {{angbr|mj pj wj}} and {{angbr|bj fj}}.  <!-- Yes, Sorbian, not Serbian -->