I have heard they are, but am not completely sure. Serious answers only please.
2006-11-23 13:22:58 · 13 answers · asked by Frankie 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
NO
2006-11-23 13:24:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they are not.
Just to correct a couple of people above though, they are not always pronunciation marks, in many languages ä is a completely different letter than a. It is alphabetized separately, and native speakers will have as much trouble understanding if you misspell words by using the wrong one, as an English speaker would if you randomly started substituting "g" for "p".
2006-11-24 16:16:12 · answer #2 · answered by Gullefjun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is considered part of the "extended" Roman alphabet because some languages (for example, German) uses it. There are quite a few of them. Spanish uses the "~" (tilde) over "n" in some cases, Portuguese uses it over some vowels. The umlauts (what your "ä" is) is used in several Germanic languages. The "ç" (c cedilla) is used in French, and Turkish (I think) uses it under the "s" sometimes. There are also such things as "å" and "ø" used in Scandinavian languages (don't know there names). Use also find circumflexes "^" over certain letters in Esperanto. There are several others, some used in various Slavic languages.
2006-11-23 21:48:48 · answer #3 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are probably a couple of words in English borrowed from another language that would use them, but it is not part of the standard English alphabet of 26 letters.
Best Wishes,
Sue
2006-11-23 21:29:22 · answer #4 · answered by newbiegranny 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Sometimes they're used when a word is actually a vistor to the english language from a different language.
2006-11-23 21:31:16 · answer #5 · answered by מימי 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No; the English alphabet does not use letters having accents, umlauts, or similar diacritical marks.
2006-11-23 21:54:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are no words in the American language that use pronunciation marks. You will find them in dictionaries to know how to say the words but they are not used in writing. I don't believe they are used in England or Australia either.
2006-11-23 21:26:12 · answer #7 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope, they're not. Only the standard 26.
2006-11-23 21:25:24 · answer #8 · answered by Cassi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the tune of "twinkle twinkle little star":
ABCDEFG
HIJKLMNOP
QRSTUV
WXY and Z
Now I know my ABCs
Next time won't you sing with me?
That letter is a germanic letter, not an English one.
2006-11-23 21:26:13 · answer #9 · answered by polevaulter1000 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Ae , ue, oe are sounds of the German letter system. I speak German so I know.
2006-11-23 21:48:09 · answer #10 · answered by angelikabertrand64 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nursesr4ever: When did the English language become American?
We had it first.
2006-11-23 21:32:13 · answer #11 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋