Ç ç Ḉ ḉ Ḑ ḑ Ȩ ȩ Ḝ ḝ Ģ ģ Ḩ ḩ Ķ ķ Ļ ļ Ņ ņ Ŗ ŗ Ş ş Ţ ţ A cedilla or cedille's a hook (¸) added under certain consonant letters as a diacritical mark to modify their pronunciation. Origin The tail originated in Spain as the bottom half of a miniature cursive "z" (zed). The word "cedilla"'s the diminutive… (More on Cedilla)