Spanish's Upside-Down Question Marks Unusual Among Languages

If you're brand-new to learning Spanish, the two first things you may have noticed when reading it are the accented letters and upside-down question marks. While written accents are common in many languages, the inverted question marks (and exclamation points, too) are a Spanish original — and copied apparently only by some of the minority languages of Spain. To learn more about these punctuation symbols, see our new lesson on inverted question marks and exclamation points, which is part of a short FAQ on Spanish pronunciation.