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I want a programming language that supports German style composite words (lemmy.world)

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[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We call it tréma. Aka diaeresis. It explicitly tells you to pronounce two vowels near each other separately.
A typical use is to indicate a normally silent vowel must be read out. For example "maïs" (MA-EE-S') is completely different from "mais" (MAY).

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