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An umlaut is a symbol with two dots placed above a vowel.
Historically, the umlaut originates from the vowel alternation phenomenon in Germanic languages.
When learning German, Japanese people sometimes find the pronunciation of umlauts difficult.
On typewriters and computer keyboards, there are special methods for inputting umlaut characters.
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