I'm seeing this too.
It happens when I activate iBus in the language preferences.

I've read that it has something to do with iBus not supporting dead keys:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1404209.html

I've tried the workaround described there, to do "unset XMODIFIERS"
before launching the application where I have problems, specifically the
infamous Skype. Doing that allows me to write accented letters using the
dead keys as before, but I can't use iBus any more in that application.

The problem also happens with Emacs which is a more serious issue for
me, although Emacs has its own input methods which I used before
installing iBus, so I'll unset the XMODIFIERS also for it. At least
everything works fine in Firefox.

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Accented letters (dead keys) do not work (i.e. stop being 'dead') if you 
install a complex writing language
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335732
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