vowel point

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Any of a number of diacritical marks written above or below consonants to indicate a preceding or following vowel in languages that are usually written without vowel letters, as in Hebrew and Arabic.

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• noun a mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel