ize ▁only ▁the ▁first ▁word ▁( e . g . ▁La ▁re bel ión ▁de ▁las ▁mas as ). ▁ ▁Spanish ▁uses ▁only ▁the ▁ac ute ▁acc ent , ▁over ▁any ▁v owel : ▁. ▁This ▁acc ent ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁mark ▁the ▁t onic ▁( str essed ) ▁sy ll able , ▁though ▁it ▁may ▁also ▁be ▁used ▁occasionally ▁to ▁distinguish ▁hom oph ones ▁such ▁as ▁si ▁(' if ') ▁and ▁sí ▁(' yes '). ▁The ▁only ▁other ▁dia crit ics ▁used ▁are ▁the ▁til de ▁on ▁the ▁letter ▁, ▁which ▁is ▁considered ▁a ▁separate ▁letter ▁from ▁, ▁and ▁the ▁dia er esis ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁sequences ▁ ▁and ▁— as ▁in ▁b iling ü e ▁(' b iling ual ') — to ▁indicate ▁that ▁the ▁ ▁is ▁pron ounced , ▁, ▁rather ▁than ▁having ▁the ▁usual ▁silent ▁role ▁that ▁it ▁plays ▁in ▁un mark ed ▁ ▁and ▁. ▁ ▁In ▁contrast ▁with ▁English , ▁Spanish ▁has ▁an ▁official ▁body ▁that ▁gover ns ▁lingu istic ▁rules , ▁orth ography ▁among ▁them : ▁the ▁Royal ▁Spanish ▁Academy , ▁which ▁makes ▁periodic ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁orth ography . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁policy ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Spanish ▁Academy ▁that , ▁when ▁qu oting ▁older ▁texts , ▁one ▁should ▁update ▁sp elling ▁to ▁the ▁current ▁rules , ▁except ▁in ▁discuss ions ▁of ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁language . ▁ ▁Al phabet ▁in ▁Spanish ▁The ▁Spanish ▁language ▁is ▁written ▁using ▁the ▁Spanish ▁alphabet , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁Latin ▁script ▁with ▁one ▁additional ▁letter : ▁e ñ