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Welcome to our lesson on "Punctuation of many languages"! 🌍
In this lesson, we will explore the fascinating world of punctuation across various languages.
Punctuation: it's more than just dots and lines. It's a tool that gives our words shape, adds rhythm to our sentences, and subtly conveys meaning beyond the words themselves. Yet, punctuation isn't the same in every language. It varies, reflecting the unique structures and styles of different languages.
This page is designed to provide you with references and offer comparisons of punctuation usage in various languages.
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* Other related lessons: As you dive into this topic, you may also find it helpful to explore other related pages, such as [[Language/Multiple-languages/Grammar/TeKaMoLo-in-multiple-languages|TeKaMoLo in multiple languages]], which can provide you with a deeper understanding of grammar rules in different languages. Additionally, you might be interested in learning about [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Techniques-for-learning-languages|Multiple-languages Culture - Techniques for learning languages]] to enhance your language learning journey. And don't forget to check out [[Language/Multiple-languages/Grammar/Various-word-orders-in-various-languages|Various word orders in various languages]] to further expand your knowledge of grammar structures across languages. Enjoy your exploration, and happy language learning! 😊
== Symbol ==
== Symbol ==
=== The most common ===
=== The most common ===
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!script
!script
!comma
!comma
!full stop / period
!period
!question mark
!question mark
!exclamation mark
!exclamation mark
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!colon
!colon
!semicolon
!semicolon
|-
!
* Adlam
|<big><big>⹁</big></big>
|<big><big>.</big></big>
|<big><big>𞥟 …  ؟</big></big>
|<big><big>! … 𞥞</big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big>⁏</big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
*Arabic
*Arabic
|<big><big>،</big></big>
|<big><big><big>،</big></big></big>
''common''
''common''


<big><big>⹁</big></big>
<big><big><big>⹁</big></big></big>


''Sindhi''
''Sindhi''
|<big><big>.</big></big>
|<big><big><big>.</big></big></big>
''common''
''common''


<big><big>۔</big></big>
<big><big><big>۔</big></big></big>


''Urdu''
''Urdu''
|<big><big>؟</big></big>
|<big><big><big>؟</big></big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big><big>!</big></big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big><big>(…)</big></big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big><big>:</big></big></big>
|<big><big>؛</big></big>
|<big><big><big>؛</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
*Armenian
*Armenian
|<big><big>,</big></big>
|<big><big><big>,</big></big></big>
|<big><big>։</big></big>
|<big><big><big>։</big></big></big>
|<big><big>՞</big></big>
|<big><big><big>՞</big></big></big>
|<big><big>՜</big></big>
|<big><big><big>՜</big></big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big><big>(…)</big></big></big>
|<big><big>․</big></big>
|<big><big><big>․</big></big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|<big><big><big>;</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
*Bamum
*Bamum
|<big><big>꛵</big></big>
|<big><big><big>꛵</big></big></big>
|<big><big>꛳</big></big>
|<big><big><big>꛳</big></big></big>
|<big><big>꛷</big></big>
|<big><big><big>꛷</big></big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big><big>!</big></big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big><big>(…)</big></big></big>
|<big><big>꛴</big></big>
|<big><big><big>꛴</big></big></big>
|<big><big>꛶</big></big>
|<big><big><big>꛶</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
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*Kannada
*Kannada
*Oriya
*Oriya
|<big><big>,</big></big>
|<big><big><big>,</big></big></big>
|<big><big>।</big></big>
|<big><big><big>।</big></big></big>
''common''
''common''


<big><big>.</big></big>
<big><big><big>.</big></big></big>


''alternative''
''alternative''
|<big><big>?</big></big>
|<big><big><big>?</big></big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big><big>!</big></big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big><big>(…)</big></big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big><big>:</big></big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|<big><big><big>;</big></big></big>
|-
!
* Burmese
|<big><big>၊</big></big>
|<big><big>။</big></big>
''common''
 
<big><big>၏</big></big>
 
''when ends with a verb''
|<big><big>း။</big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big>–</big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
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*Georgian
*Georgian
*Hebrew
*Hebrew
|<big><big>,</big></big>
|<big><big><big>,</big></big></big>
|<big><big>.</big></big>
|<big><big><big>.</big></big></big>
|<big><big>?</big></big>
|<big><big><big>?</big></big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big><big>!</big></big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big><big>(…)</big></big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big><big>:</big></big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|<big><big><big>;</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
*Devanagari
*Devanagari
|<big><big>,</big></big>
|<big><big><big>,</big></big></big>
|<big><big>।</big></big>
|<big><big><big>।</big></big></big>
''common''
''common''


<big><big>.</big></big>
<big><big><big>.</big></big></big>


''Marathi''
''Marathi''
|<big><big>?</big></big>
|<big><big><big>?</big></big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big><big>!</big></big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big><big>(…)</big></big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big><big>:</big></big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|<big><big><big>;</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
*Greek
*Greek
|<big><big>,</big></big>
|<big><big><big>,</big></big></big>
|<big><big>.</big></big>
|<big><big><big>.</big></big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|<big><big><big>;</big></big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big><big>!</big></big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big><big>(…)</big></big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big><big>:</big></big></big>
|<big><big>‧</big></big>
|<big><big><big>‧</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
*Ge'ez
*Ge'ez
|<big><big>፣</big></big>
|<big><big><big>፣</big></big></big>
|<big><big>።</big></big>
|<big><big><big>።</big></big></big>
|<big><big>፧</big></big>
|<big><big><big>፧</big></big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big><big>!</big></big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big><big>(…)</big></big></big>
|<big><big>፥</big></big>
|<big><big><big>፥</big></big></big>
|<big><big>፤</big></big>
|<big><big><big>፤</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
*Han
*Han
|<big><big>，</big></big>
|<big><big><big>，</big></big></big>
|<big><big>。</big></big>
|<big><big><big>。</big></big></big>
|<big><big>？</big></big>
|<big><big><big>？</big></big></big>
|<big><big>！</big></big>
|<big><big><big>！</big></big></big>
|<big><big>（…）</big></big>
|<big><big><big>（…）</big></big></big>
|<big><big>：</big></big>
|<big><big><big>：</big></big></big>
|<big><big>；</big></big>
|<big><big><big>；</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
*Japanese
*Japanese
|<big><big>、</big></big>
|<big><big><big>、</big></big></big>


''vertical; horizontal Jichishō standard''
''vertical; horizontal Jichishō standard''


<big><big>，</big></big>
<big><big><big>，</big></big></big>


''horizontal Monbushō standard''
''horizontal Monbushō standard''
|<big><big>。</big></big>
|<big><big><big>。</big></big></big>
|<big><big>？</big></big>
|<big><big><big>？</big></big></big>
|<big><big>！</big></big>
 
|<big><big>（…）</big></big>
''informal''
|<big><big>：</big></big>
 
|<big><big>；</big></big>
''(period as the formal)''
|<big><big><big>！</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>（…）</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>：</big></big></big>
|<big><big><big>；</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
*Korean
*Korean
|<big><big>,</big></big>
|<big><big><big>,</big></big></big>
''horizontal''
''horizontal''


<big><big>、</big></big>
<big><big><big>、</big></big></big>


''vertical''
''vertical''
|<big><big>.</big></big>
|<big><big><big>.</big></big></big>
|<big><big>?</big></big>
|<big><big><big>?</big></big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big><big>!</big></big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big><big>(…)</big></big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big><big>:</big></big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|<big><big><big>;</big></big></big>
|-
!
* Khmer
|<big><big>។</big></big>
|<big><big>។</big></big>
|<big><big>?</big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|'''៖'''
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
*Latin
*Latin
|<big><big>,</big></big>
|<big><big><big>,</big></big></big>
|<big><big>.</big></big>
|<big><big><big>.</big></big></big>
|<big><big>?</big></big>
|<big><big><big>?</big></big></big>
''common''
''common''


<big><big>¿…?</big></big>
<big><big><big>¿…?</big></big></big>


''Spanish, Catalan''
''Spanish, Catalan''
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big><big>!</big></big></big>
''common''
''common''


<big><big>¡…!</big></big>
<big><big><big>¡…!</big></big></big>


''Spanish, Catalan''
''Spanish, Catalan''
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big><big>(…)</big></big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big><big>:</big></big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|<big><big><big>;</big></big></big>
|-
!
* Lisu
|꓾
|꓿
|<big><big>?</big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|-
!
* '''Medefaidrin'''
|𖺗
|𖺘
|<big><big>?</big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|-
!
* Mongolian
|᠈
''Manchu''
|᠉
''Manchu''
|<big><big>?</big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|-
!
* N'ko
|߸
|<big><big>.</big></big>
|<big><big>?</big></big>
|߹
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|-
!
* Newa
|𑑍
|<big><big>.</big></big>
|<big><big>?</big></big>
|߹
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|-
!
* SignWriting
|𝪇
|𝪈
|
|
|𝪋
|𝪊
|𝪉
|-
|-
!
!
*Sinhala
*Sinhala
|<big><big>,</big></big>
|<big><big><big>,</big></big></big>
|<big><big>.</big></big>
|<big><big><big>.</big></big></big>
''new''
''new''


<big><big>෴</big></big>
<big><big><big>෴</big></big></big>


''old''
''old''
|<big><big>?</big></big>
|<big><big><big>?</big></big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big><big>!</big></big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big><big>(…)</big></big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big><big>:</big></big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|<big><big><big>;</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
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|''(none)''
|''(none)''
|''(space)''
|''(space)''
|<big><big>?</big></big>
|<big><big><big>?</big></big></big>
|<big><big>!</big></big>
|<big><big><big>!</big></big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big><big>(…)</big></big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big><big>:</big></big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|<big><big><big>;</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!
!
*Vai
*Vai
|<big><big>,</big></big>
|<big><big><big>,</big></big></big>


''new''
''new''


<big><big>꘍</big></big>
<big><big><big>꘍</big></big></big>


''old''
''old''
|<big><big>.</big></big>
|<big><big><big>.</big></big></big>


''new''
''new''


<big><big>꘎</big></big>
<big><big><big>꘎</big></big></big>


''old''
''old''
|<big><big>꘏</big></big>
|<big><big><big>꘏</big></big></big>
|<big><big>꘎꘎</big></big>
|<big><big><big>꘎꘎</big></big></big>
|<big><big>(…)</big></big>
|<big><big><big>(…)</big></big></big>
|<big><big>:</big></big>
|<big><big><big>:</big></big></big>
|<big><big>;</big></big>
|<big><big><big>;</big></big></big>
|}
|}
'''Note:'''
'''Note:'''
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* Scottish Gaelic
* Scottish Gaelic
* Welsh
* Welsh
|<big><big>‘…’</big></big>
|<big><big><big>‘…’</big></big></big>
|<big><big>“…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>“…”</big></big></big>
|English: 1–2 pt
|English: 1–2 pt
Welsh: 1–2 pt
Welsh: 1–2 pt
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|
|
* Afrikaans
* Afrikaans
* Chinese, People's Republic of China
*Chinese, People's Republic of China
* Dutch
* Dutch
* English, United States of America
* English, United States of America
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* Hindi
* Hindi
* Interlingua
* Interlingua
* Irish
*Irish
* Korean, Republic of Korea
*Korean, Republic of Korea
* Malay, Indonesia
*Malay, Indonesia
* Maltese
* Maltese
* Portuguese, Brazil
* Portuguese, Brazil
* Spanish, Mexico
*Spanish, Spain
* Tamil
*Tamil
* Thai
* Thai
* Turkish
* Turkish
* Urdu
*Urdu
|<big><big>“…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>“…”</big></big></big>
|<big><big>‘…’</big></big>
|<big><big><big>‘…’</big></big></big>
|English: 1–2 pt
|English: 1–2 pt
Chinese: fullwidth
Chinese: fullwidth
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* Lao
* Lao
* Vietnamese
* Vietnamese
|<big><big>“…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>“…”</big></big></big>
|
|
|
|
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|
|
* Latvian
* Latvian
|<big><big>“…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>“…”</big></big></big>


<big><big>„…”</big></big>
<big><big><big>„…”</big></big></big>
|
|
|
|
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* Finnish
* Finnish
* Swedish
* Swedish
|<big><big>”…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>”…”</big></big></big>
|<big><big>’…’</big></big>
|<big><big><big>’…’</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* Bosnian
* Bosnian
|<big><big>”…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>”…”</big></big></big>
<big><big>„…”</big></big>
<big><big><big>„…”</big></big></big>
|<big><big>’…’</big></big>
|<big><big><big>’…’</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* Hebrew
* Hebrew
|<big><big>„…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>„…”</big></big></big>
|<big><big>‚…’</big></big>
|<big><big><big>‚…’</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* Serbian
* Serbian
|<big><big>„…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>„…”</big></big></big>
|<big><big>’…’</big></big>
|<big><big><big>’…’</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* Croatian
* Croatian
|<big><big>„…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>„…”</big></big></big>
|<big><big>‘…’</big></big>
|<big><big><big>‘…’</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* Romanian
* Romanian
|<big><big>„…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>„…”</big></big></big>
|<big><big>«…»</big></big>
|<big><big><big>«…»</big></big></big>
|none
|none
|-
|-
|
|
* Polish
* Polish
|<big><big>„…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>„…”</big></big></big>
|<big><big>»…«</big></big>
|<big><big><big>»…«</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* Hungarian
* Hungarian
|<big><big>„…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>„…”</big></big></big>
|<big><big>»…«</big></big>
|<big><big><big>»…«</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
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* German, Germany
* German, Germany
* Icelandic
* Icelandic
* Lithuanian
*Lithuanian
* Slovak
* Slovak
* Slovenian
* Slovenian
* Sorbian
* Sorbian
|<big><big>„…“</big></big>
|<big><big><big>„…“</big></big></big>
|<big><big>‚…‘</big></big>
|<big><big><big>‚…‘</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* Bulgarian
* Bulgarian
|<big><big>„…“</big></big>
|<big><big><big>„…“</big></big></big>
|<big><big>’…’</big></big>
|<big><big><big>’…’</big></big></big>
<big><big>‘…’</big></big>
<big><big><big>‘…’</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* Macedonian
* Macedonian
|<big><big>„…“</big></big>
|<big><big><big>„…“</big></big></big>
|<big><big>’…‘</big></big>
|<big><big><big>’…‘</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* Albanian
* Albanian
|<big><big>„…“</big></big>
|<big><big><big>„…“</big></big></big>
|<big><big>‘…’</big></big>
|<big><big><big>‘…’</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
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* Estonian
* Estonian
* Georgian
* Georgian
|<big><big>„…“</big></big>
|<big><big><big>„…“</big></big></big>
|
|
|Georgian: none
|Georgian: none
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* French, Switzerland
* French, Switzerland
* German, Switzerland
* German, Switzerland
* Italian, Switzerland
*Italian, Switzerland
* Romansh
* Romansh
* Uighur
*Uighur
|<big><big>«…» ‏</big></big>
|<big><big><big>«…» ‏</big></big></big>
|<big><big>‹…› ‏</big></big>
|<big><big><big>‹…› ‏</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* French, France
* French, France
|<big><big>«…» ‏</big></big>
|<big><big><big>«…» ‏</big></big></big>
|<big><big>“…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>“…”</big></big></big>
<big><big>«…»</big></big>
<big><big><big>«…»</big></big></big>
|¼ em
|¼ em
|-
|-
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* Portuguese, Portugal
* Portuguese, Portugal
* Spanish, Spain
* Spanish, Spain
|<big><big>«…» ‏</big></big>
|<big><big><big>«…» ‏</big></big></big>
|<big><big>“…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>“…”</big></big></big>
|Catalan: none
|Catalan: none
|-
|-
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* Russian
* Russian
* Uzbek
* Uzbek
|<big><big>«…» ‏</big></big>
|<big><big><big>«…» ‏</big></big></big>
|<big><big>„…“</big></big>
|<big><big><big>„…“</big></big></big>
|Russian: none
|Russian: none
Ukranian: none
Ukranian: none
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|
|
* Ukrainian
* Ukrainian
|<big><big>«…»</big></big>
|<big><big><big>«…»</big></big></big>
|<big><big>“…”</big></big>
|<big><big><big>“…”</big></big></big>


<big><big>‘…’</big></big>
<big><big><big>‘…’</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* Ido
* Ido
|<big><big>«…» ‏</big></big>
|<big><big><big>«…» ‏</big></big></big>
|<big><big>‘…’</big></big>
|<big><big><big>‘…’</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* Norwegian
* Norwegian
|<big><big>«…» ‏</big></big>
|<big><big><big>«…» ‏</big></big></big>
|<big><big>’…’</big></big>
|<big><big><big>’…’</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
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* Tigrinya
* Tigrinya
* Uyghur
* Uyghur
|<big><big>«…»‏</big></big>
|<big><big><big>«…»‏</big></big></big>
|
|
|Arabic: optional
|Arabic: optional
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|
|
* Mongolian (Mongolian)
* Mongolian (Mongolian)
|<p style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;"><big><big>《…》</big></big></p>
|<p style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;"><big><big><big>《…》</big></big></big></p>
|<p style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;"><big><big>〈…〉</big></big></p>
|<p style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;"><big><big><big>〈…〉</big></big></big></p>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* Danish
* Danish
|<big><big>»…«</big></big>
|<big><big><big>»…«</big></big></big>
<big><big>"…"</big></big>
<big><big><big>"…"</big></big></big>
|<big><big>›…‹</big></big>
|<big><big><big>›…‹</big></big></big>
<big><big>‚…‘</big></big>
<big><big><big>‚…‘</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
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* Chinese, Republic of China
* Chinese, Republic of China
* Japanese
* Japanese
|<big><big>「…」<br></big></big>
|<big><big><big>「…」<br></big></big></big>
<p style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;"><big><big>「…」</big></big></p>
<big><big><big>﹁<br>⋮<br>﹂</big></big></big>
|<big><big>『…』<br></big></big>
|<big><big><big>『…』<br></big></big></big>
<p style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;"><big><big>『…』</big></big></p>
<big><big><big>﹃<br>⋮</big></big></big>
 
<big><big><big>﹄</big></big></big>
|
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|-
|-
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* Tai Le
* Tai Le
* Tibetan
* Tibetan
|<big><big>《…》</big></big>
|<big><big><big>《…》</big></big></big>
|<big><big>〈…〉</big></big>
|<big><big><big>〈…〉</big></big></big>
|
|
|-
|-
|
|
* Lojban
* Lojban
|<big><big>lu … li'u</big></big>
|<big><big><big>lu … li'u</big></big></big>
|
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!punctuation
!punctuation
|<big><big>.</big></big>
|<big><big><big>.</big></big></big>
|<big><big>·</big></big>
|<big><big><big>·</big></big></big>
|<big><big>,</big></big>
|<big><big><big>,</big></big></big>
|<big><big>٫</big></big>
|<big><big><big>٫</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!country or region
!country or region
|
 
*Australia
|Australia
*Anguilla
 
*Antigua and Barbuda
Anguilla
*Bangladesh
 
*Barbados
Antigua and Barbuda
*Belize
 
*Benin
Bangladesh
*Bermuda
 
*British Virgin Islands
Barbados
*Botswana
 
*Brunei
Belize
*Cambodia
 
*'''Canada''' (English)
Benin
*Cayman Islands
 
*Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Bermuda
*Dominica
 
*Dominican Republic
British Virgin Islands
*'''Egypt'''
 
*El Salvador
Botswana
*Eswatini
 
*Ethiopia
Brunei
*Falkland Island
 
*Grenada
Cambodia
*Ghana
 
*Great Britain and Northern Ireland
'''Canada ('''English)
*Guatemala
 
*Guyana
Cayman Islands
*Honduras
 
*Hong Kong
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
*India
 
*'''Ireland'''
Dominica
*Isle of Mann
 
*Israel
Dominican Republic
*Jamaica
 
*Japan
'''Egypt'''
*Kenya
 
*Lebanon
El Salvador
*Lesotho
 
*Libya
Ethiopia
*Liberia
 
*Liechtenstein
Grenada
*'''Luxembourg'''
 
*'''Macau''' (Chinese)
Ghana
*'''Malaysia'''
 
*Maldives
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
*Malta
 
*Malawi
Guatemala
*Mexico
 
*Montserrat
Guyana
*Myanmar
 
*'''Namibia'''
Honduras
*Nepal
 
*New Zealand
Hong Kong
*Nicaragua
 
*Nigeria
India
*Pakistan
 
*Palestine
'''Ireland'''
*Panama
 
*People's Republic of China
Israel
*'''Philippines'''
 
*Puerto Rico
Jamaica
*'''Republic of China'''
 
*Republic of Korea
Japan
*Saint Helena, Ascencion and Tristan da Cunha
 
*Saint Kitts and Nevis
Kenya
*Saint Lucia
 
*Saint Martin
Lebanon
*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 
*'''Singapore'''
Libya
*'''South Africa'''
 
*Sri Lanka
Liberia
*'''Sudan'''
 
*'''Switzerland'''
Liechtenstein
*Tanzania
 
*Thailand
'''Luxembourg'''
*The Bahamas
 
*The Gambia
'''Macau''' (Chinese)
*Togo
 
*Trinidad and Tobago
'''Malaysia'''
*Turks and Caicos Islands
 
*Uganda
Maldives
*United States of America
 
*United States Virgin Islands
Malta
*Zambia
 
*Zimbabwe
Malawi
|
 
*'''Ireland'''
Mexico
*'''Malaysia'''
 
*'''Philippines'''
Montserrat
*'''Republic of China'''
 
*'''Singapore'''
Myanmar
|
 
*Albania
'''Namibia'''
*Algeria
 
*Andorra
Nepal
*Angola
 
*Argentina
New Zealand
*Armenia
 
*Aruba
Nicaragua
*Austria
 
*Azerbaijan
Nigeria
*Belarus
 
*Belgium
Pakistan
*Benin
 
*Bolivia
Palestine
*Bosnia and Herzegovina
 
*Brazil
Panama
*Bulgaria
 
*Burkina Faso
People's Republic of China
*Burundi
 
*Cabo Verde
'''Philippines'''
*Cameroon
 
*'''Canada''' (French)
Puerto Rico
*Central African Republic
 
*Chad
'''Republic of China'''
*Chile
 
*Colombia
Republic of Korea
*Costa Rica
 
*Côte d'Ivoire
Saint Kitts and Nevis
*Croatia
 
*Cuba
Saint Lucia
*Curaçao
 
*Cyprus
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
*Czechia
 
*Democratic Republic of Congo
'''Singapore'''
*Denmark
 
*Ecuador
'''South Africa'''
*Equatorial Guinea
 
*Estonia
Sri Lanka
*Faroes Islands
 
*Fiji
'''Sudan'''
*Finland
 
*France
'''Switzerland'''
*French Guiana
 
*Gabon
Tanzania
*Germany
 
*Georgia
Thailand
*Greece
 
*Greenland
The Bahamas
*Guinea
 
*Guinea-Bissau
Togo
*Haiti
 
*Hungary
Trinidad and Tobago
*Iceland
 
*Indonesia
Turks and Caicos Islands
*Italy
 
*Kazakhstan
Uganda
*Kosovo
 
*Kyrgyzstan
United States of America
*Latvia
 
*Lebanon
Zambia
*Lithuania
 
*'''Luxembourg'''
Zimbabwe
*'''Macau''' (Portuguese)
|'''Ireland'''
*Macedonia
 
*Madagascar
'''Malaysia'''
*Malawi
 
*Mali
'''Philippines'''
*Mauritania
 
*Moldova
'''Republic of China'''
*Monaco
 
*Mongolia
'''Singapore'''
*Montenegro
|Albania
*Morocco
 
*Mozambique
Algeria
*'''Namibia'''
 
*Netherlands
Andorra
*New Caledonia
 
*Niger
Angola
*North Macedonia
 
*Norway
Argentina
*Paraguay
 
*Peru
Armenia
*Pitcairn Island
 
*Poland
Austria
*Portugal
 
*Republic of Congo
Azerbaijan
*Romania
 
*Russia
Belarus
*Rwanda
 
*San Marino
Belgium
*São Tomé and Príncipe
 
*Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Bolivia
*Senegal
 
*Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Sierra Leone
 
*Slovakia
Brazil
*Slovenia
 
*'''South Africa'''
Bulgaria
*Spain
 
*Suriname
Burkina Faso
*Sweden
 
*'''Switzerland'''
Burundi
*Tajikistan
 
*Timor-Leste
Cameroon
*Togo
 
*Tunisia
'''Canada''' (French)
*Turkey
 
*Turkmenistan
Chile
*Ukraine
 
*Uruguay
Colombia
*Uzbekistan
 
*Vatican City
Costa Rica
*Venezuela
 
*Vietnam
Croatia
|
 
*Afghanistan
Cuba
*Bahrain
 
*'''Egypt'''
Cyprus
*Iran
 
*Iraq
Czechia
*Kuwait
 
*Oman
Democratic Republic of Congo
*Qatar
 
*Saudi Arabia
Denmark
*'''Sudan'''
 
*Syria
Ecuador
*United Arab Emirates
 
Equatorial Guinea
 
Estonia
 
Faroes Islands
 
Finland
 
France
 
French Guiana
 
Gabon
 
Germany
 
Georgia
 
Greece
 
Greenland
 
Hungary
 
Iceland
 
Indonesia
 
Italy
 
Kazakhstan
 
Kosovo
 
Kyrgyzstan
 
Latvia
 
Lebanon
 
Lithuania
 
'''Luxembourg'''
 
'''Macau''' (Portuguese)
 
Macedonia
 
Madagascar
 
Mali
 
Moldova
 
Mongolia
 
Morocco
 
Mozambique
 
'''Namibia'''
 
Netherlands
 
Niger
 
Norway
 
Paraguay
 
Peru
 
Poland
 
Portugal
 
Republic of Congo
 
Romania
 
Russia
 
Rwanda
 
San Marino
 
Senegal
 
Serbia
 
Sierra leone
 
Slovakia
 
Slovenia
 
'''South Africa'''
 
Spain
 
Sweden
 
'''Switzerland'''
 
Timor Leste
 
Tunisia
 
Turkey
 
Turkmenistan
 
Ukraine
 
Uruguay
 
Uzbekistan
 
Vatican City
 
Venezuela
 
Vietnam
|Afghanistan
 
Bahrain
 
'''Egypt'''
 
Iran
 
Iraq
 
Kuwait
 
Oman
 
Qatar
 
Saudi Arabia
 
'''Sudan'''
 
Syria
 
United Arab Emirates
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!punctuation
!punctuation
|<big><big>.</big></big>
|<big><big><big>.</big></big></big>
|<big><big>,</big></big>
|<big><big><big>,</big></big></big>
|<big><big>٫</big></big>
|<big><big><big>٫</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!constructed language
!constructed language
|
|
|
|Esperanto
*Esperanto
 
*Ido
Ido
*Interlingua
 
*Volapük
Interlingua
 
Volapük
|
|
|}
|}
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|-
|-
!punctuation
!punctuation
|<big><big>,</big></big>
|<big><big><big>,</big></big></big>
|<big><big>.</big></big>
|<big><big><big>.</big></big></big>
|<big><big>'</big></big>
|<big><big><big>'</big></big></big>
|<big><big>''(space)''</big></big>
|<big><big><big>''(space)''</big></big></big>
|-
|-
!country or region
!country or region
|
|Bangladesh
*Bangladesh
'''Canada (English''')
*'''Canada''' (English)
 
*Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
*Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 
*Hong Kong
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
*India
 
*'''Ireland'''
Hong Kong
*Israel
 
*Japan
India
*Malaysia
 
*Malta
'''Ireland'''
*Mexico
 
*New Zealand
Israel
*Pakistan
 
*People's Republic of China
Japan
*'''Philippines'''
 
*'''Republic of China'''
Malaysia
*'''Singapore'''
 
*Thailand
Malta
*United States of America
 
|
Mexico
*Argentina
 
*Austria
New Zealand
*Belgium (Dutch)
 
*Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pakistan
*Brazil
 
*Chile
People's Republic of China
*Colombia
 
*Costa Rica
'''Philippines'''
*Croatia
 
*Denmark
'''Republic of China'''
*Germany
 
*Greece
'''Singapore'''
*Indonesia
 
*'''Ireland'''
Thailand
*Italy
 
*'''Malaysia'''
United States of America
*Netherlands
|Argentina
*'''Philippines'''
Austria
*'''Republic of China'''
 
*Romania
Belgium (Dutch)
*'''Singapore'''
 
*Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Spain
 
*Turkey
Brazil
*Vietnam
 
|
Chile
*Liechtenstein
 
*'''Switzerland'''
Colombia
|
 
*Albania
Costa Rica
*Australia
 
*Belgium (French)
Croatia
*Bulgaria
 
*'''Canada''' (English)
Denmark
*Canada (French)
 
*Czechia
Germany
*Estonia
 
*Finland
Greece
*France
 
*Hungary
Indonesia
*Italy
 
*Kosovo
'''Ireland'''
*Latvia
 
*Lithuania
Italy
*Norway
 
*People's Republic of China
'''Malaysia'''
*Peru
 
*Poland
Netherlands
*Portugal
 
*Russia
'''Philippines'''
*San Marino
 
*Slovakia
'''Republic of China'''
*South Africa
 
*Sri Lanka
Romania
*Sweden
 
*'''Switzerland'''
'''Singapore'''
*Ukraine
 
*Vietnam
Slovenia
 
Spain
 
Turkey
 
Vietnam
|Liechtenstein
 
'''Switzerland'''
|Albania
 
Australia
 
Belgium (French)
 
Bulgaria
 
'''Canada (English)'''
 
Canada (French)
 
Czechia
 
Estonia
 
Finland
 
France
 
Hungary
 
Italy
 
Kosovo
 
Latvia
 
Lithuania
 
Norway
 
People's Republic of China
 
Peru
 
Poland
 
Portugal
 
Russia
 
San Marino
 
Slovakia
 
South Africa
 
Sri Lanka
 
Sweden
 
'''Switzerland'''
 
Ukraine
 
Vietnam
|}
|}
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator
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== Usage ==
== Usage ==


=== Space ===
=== Comma ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!
!to separate words
!to separate a series of nouns
!to separate sentences
!to separate a series of adjectives
!to separate syllables
!to separate a series of independent clauses
!to separate a series of verbs
!to separate a series of phrases
!to enclose a non-defining relative clause
!to form a participial phrase
!to form a tag question
!after an interjection
|-
!English
| +
| +
| +
| +
| +
| +
| +
| +
| +
|-
|-
!
!
* English
* French
* German
|■
|
|
|
|
|-
!
* Thai
* Lao
|
|
|■
|
|
|-
!
* Vietnamese
|
|
|
|
|■
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
!
* Chinese
* Japanese
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
=== Comma ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!to separate a series of words, phrases or clauses
!to form a compound sentence
!to introduce a quote
!
|-
!
* English
|■
|■
|■
|
|
|-
|
!
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
|
 
=== Enumeration comma ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!to separate words in a list
!
!
|-
|-
!
!
* Chinese
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!
|
|
|
|
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|}
|}


=== Period ===
=== Colon ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
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!
!
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
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|}
|}


=== Question mark ===
=== Semicolon ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!to indicate a direct question
|-
!
!
* English
|■
|-
!
!
* Japanese
!
|□
|-
|-
!
|
|
|}
|
 
|
=== Exclamation mark ===
|
{| class="wikitable"
!
!to indicate an exclamation
!to indicate a command
!to be used with imperative mood
!
|-
|-
!
* English
|■
|■
|
|
|
|
|-
!
* German
|■
|
|
|■
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
|}


=== Quotation marks ===
=== Period ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!to indicate direct speech
!to indicate special meaning
|-
!
!
* English
!
|■
!
|■
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|}
=== Colon ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!to indicate a series of words
!to indicate description
!to indicate explanation
!to indicate definition
|-
|-
!
* English
|■
|■
|■
|■
|-
!
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
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|}
|}


=== Semicolon ===
=== Question mark ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!to separate two series of words or phrases
!
!to separate two closely related independent clauses
!
!
!
!
|-
|-
!
|
* English
|
|■
|■
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
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|}
|}


=== Hyphen ===
=== Exclamation mark ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!to form a compound word
!
!to connect letters in spelling
!
!to connect groups of digit in a nominal number
!to form an interrupted word
!
!
|-
|-
!
|
* English
|
|■
|
|■
|■
|■
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
|}


=== En dash ===
=== Quotation marks ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!to indicate a range of number
!
!
!to separate two scores in a game
!
!
!
|-
|-
!
* English
|■
|
|
|■
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
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|}
|}


=== Em dash ===
=== Ellipse ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!to further explain a word, phrase or clause
!
!to express an opinion in a sentence
!
!
!
|-
|-
!
* English
|■
|■
|
|
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
|}
=== Wave dash ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!to indicate a range of number
!
!
|-
!
* Chinese
* Japanese
|■
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|-
!
|
|
|
|
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|}
|}


=== Ellipse ===
=== Brackets ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!to indicate omission of quote
!
!to indicate omission of a series of word
!to indicate intermittent speech
!
!
!
!
|-
|-
!
|
* English
|
|■
|■
|■
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
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|}
|}


=== Round brackets ===
=== Parentheses ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
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!
!
|-
|-
!
|
* English
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
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|}
|}


=== Square brackets ===
=== Apostrophe ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
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!
!
|-
|-
!
|
* English
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
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|}
|}


=== Curly brackets ===
=== Slash ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!
!
!
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!
!
|-
|-
!
|
* English
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
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=== Angle brackets ===
=== Angle brackets ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!
!to indicate a title
!
!
!
!
!
|-
|-
!
|
* Chinese
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!
|
|
|
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=== Lenticular brackets ===
=== Braces ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
|-
|-
!
|
* Japanese
|
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|-
|-
!
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|
=== Hex brackets ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!to indicate the serial number of an official document
!to indicate the nationality or dynasty of the author
!
|-
|-
!
* Chinese
|■
|■
|
|
|-
!
|
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Line 1,463: Line 1,426:
|}
|}


=== Slash ===
=== Hyphen ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
Line 1,470: Line 1,433:
!
!
|-
|-
!
|
* English
|
|
|
|
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|-
|-
!
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|-
|-
!
|
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|}
=== Apostrophe ===
 
=== En dash ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!to indicate omission of letters
!
!to indicate possessive case
!to separate morphemes
!to indicate elision
!to indicate a glottal stop
!to indicate palatalisation or non-palatalisation
!
!
!
!
|-
|-
!
* English
| ■
| ■
|
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Line 1,509: Line 1,461:
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|-
|-
!
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Line 1,519: Line 1,466:
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|-
!
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Line 1,530: Line 1,472:
|}
|}


=== Interpunct ===
=== Em dash ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!to separate syllables in confusion
!to distinguish specific graphemes
!to separate words of foreign proper names
!to separate a series of words
!
!
|-
!
!
* Catalan
!
|■
|
|
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|-
|-
!
* Occitan
|
|■
|
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|-
!
*Japanese
|
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|■
|■
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|-
|-
!
* Chinese
|
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|■
|
|
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|-
|-
!
|
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|}
=== Musical note ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!to indicate singing
!
|-
!
* Japanese
|■
|
|
|-
!
|
|
|
|
|}
|}
==Other Lessons==
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Grammar/Exhaustive-Inflection|Exhaustive Inflection]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Grammar/Use-an-Adposition-or-Affix|Use an Adposition or Affix]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Grammar/Various-word-orders-in-various-languages|Various word orders in various languages]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Grammar/Common-Mistakes|Common Mistakes]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Grammar/Order-of-Adjectives|Order of Adjectives]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Grammar/Disjunctive-questions|Disjunctive questions]]
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Grammar/TeKaMoLo-in-multiple-languages|TeKaMoLo in multiple languages]]
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