ʼ

See also: ◌̓ and '

ʼ U+02BC, ʼ MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE ← ʻ [U+02BB] Spacing Modifier Letters ʽ → [U+02BD]

Translingual

Etymology

Use for glottal stop derives from the apostrophe, for example in Hawaiian (now replaced by the okina to distinguish it from an actual apostrophe).

Use to mark ejective consonants started with transliteration of Georgian script; it was an adaptation of the spiritus lenis and contrasted with the spiritus asper used to mark aspirated consonants, as the most salient distinctive feature of Georgian ejectives was that they were not aspirated. Usage extended from there to other languages with ejective consonants.

Symbol

ʼ

1. (IPA) an ejective consonant

   e.g. [kʼ], [tʼ], [sʼ].

2. transliteration of Semitic glottal stop (aleph and hamza).

   Synonym: ʾ

Usage notes

Americanist phonetic notation may use a combining diacritic ⟨◌̓⟩ for ejective consonants.

Further reading

• Modifier letter apostrophe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Avokaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʼ

1. A letter of the Avokaya alphabet.

Bodo

ʼ (ʼ)

1. High tone on a short vowel /ɔ/, as in बरʼ /bɔrɔ́/ 'Bodo'.

Chamorro

Letter

ʼ

1. The first letter of the Chamorro alphabet, used for the glottal stop.

Chukchi

Letter

ʼ (ʼ)

1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Chukchi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ӄ ӄ, Л л, Ԓ ԓ, М м, Н н, Ӈ ӈ, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я, ʼ

Dogri

ʼ (ʼ)

1. Low rising tone on a short vowel /ə ɪ ʊ/, e.g. लʼत्त /lə̌tː/ 'leg'.

Guaraní

Letter

ʼ

1. The thirty-third letter of the Guarani alphabet, called puso, used for the glottal stop.

Khoekhoe

Letter

ʼ

1. (obsolete) the lateral clicks, modern ⟨ǁ⟩. (Besides plain ⟨ʼ⟩, it is also used for the alveolar click consonants ⟨ʼk ʼg ʼn ʼh ʼkh⟩.)

1. See also ꞏ, ꞉, ʻ.

Lisu

Letter

ʼ

1. The forty-seventh letter of the Lisu alphabet.

Usage notes

• Used to indicate nasalisation and is combined with tone marks.

Navajo

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /ʔ/
2. marks an ejective consonant

Letter

ʼ

1. The nineteenth letter of the Navajo alphabet. It is used before or after a vowel to indicate a glottal stop.
2. It forms part of the following Navajo letters: chʼ, kʼ, tʼ, tłʼ, tsʼ. Every Navajo word begins with either the glottal stop or another consonant. If an orthographic vowel begins a word, it is pronounced with a glottal stop: ooljééʼ (sometimes spelled ʼooljééʼ).

See also

• saad niyíłtłáádígíí
• Appendix:Navajo alphabet

Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʔ/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /alef/

Letter

ʼ

1. The first letter of the Somali alphabet, called alef and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• This is the first letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is followed by B. It is rarely used in the initial position.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ʼ, B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

Tabasaran

Letter

ʼ

1. The forty-eighth letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Аь аь, Б б, В в, Г г, Гъ гъ, Гь гь, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Къ къ, Кь кь, Кӏ кӏ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Уь уь, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Хь хь, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чӏ чӏ, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ʼ

Tundra Nenets

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʼ

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

Usage notes

Marks instances of the glottal stop /ʔ/ that alternate with nasal consonants н (n°) /n/, ӈ (ŋ°) /ŋ/ in inflection, in contrast with the letter ˮ. Often transcribed h in scholarly works.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, Ӈ ӈ, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я, ʼ, ˮ