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(which sets school standards and thus the de facto standard language) and most publishers have abandoned the acute accent, using grave accents in all situations (analogous to the use of the acute in Irish). However, universities, some publishers and many speakers continue to use acute accents.
* To mark low vowels:
** Portuguese. The vowels á , é and ó are stressed low vowels, in opposition to â , ê and ô which are stressed high vowels. However,

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