Editing Acute accent (section)

===Tone===
In the [[Vietnamese alphabet|Quốc Ngữ]] system for [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], the Yale romanization for [[Cantonese]], the [[Pinyin]] [[romanization]] for [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin Chinese]], and the [[Bopomofo]] [[semi-syllabary]], the acute accent indicates a rising [[tone (linguistics)|tone]]. In Mandarin, the alternative to the acute accent is the number 2 after the syllable: lái = lai2. In [[Cantonese Yale]], the acute accent is either tone 2, or tone 5 if the vowel(s) are followed by 'h' (if the number form is used, 'h' is omitted): má = ma2, máh = ma5.

In [[African languages]] and [[Athabaskan languages]], it frequently marks a high tone, e.g., [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]] ''apá'' 'arm', [[Nobiin language|Nobiin]] ''féntí'' 'sweet date', [[Ekoti language|Ekoti]] ''kaláwa'' 'boat', [[Navajo language|Navajo]] ''tʼáá'' 'just'.

The acute accent is used in Serbo-Croatian dictionaries and linguistic publications to indicate a high-rising accent. It is not used in everyday writing.