ʼ

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. (UPA) glottal closure:

   E.g. kʼ is k with simultaneous glottal closure.

   mⁱeʼr or mⁱe̓r with a glottalized vowel.

   ʼeppä ʼollu with epenthetic glottal stops separating the vowels.

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

   Synonym: ʾ

Further reading

• Modifier letter apostrophe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʼ (no case)

1. A letter of the Avokaya alphabet.

Letter

ʼ (ʼ)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʼ

1. Alternative form of ˀ

Letter

ʼ (no case)

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

Alternative forms

• ˀ, ^

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʼ (no case)

1. A letter of the Chiwere alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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

Letter

ʼ (no case)

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

Letter

ʼ (no case)

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

   See also ꞏ, ꞉, ʻ.

Alternative forms

• Capital Һ (H), lower-case һ (h).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʰ/

Letter

ʼ (no case)

1. The eleventh letter of the Kildin Sami Cyrillic alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, А̄ а̄, Ӓ ӓ, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Е̄ е̄, Ё ё, Ё̄ ё̄, Ж ж, З з, Һ һ, ʼ, И и, Ӣ ӣ, Й й, Ј ј, Ҋ ҋ, К к, Л л, Ӆ ӆ, М м, Ӎ ӎ, Н н, Ӊ ӊ, Ӈ ӈ, О о, О̄ о̄, П п, Р р, Ҏ ҏ, С с, Т т, У у, Ӯ ӯ, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Ҍ ҍ, Э э, Э̄ э̄, Ӭ ӭ, Ю ю, Ю̄ ю̄, Я я, Я̄ я̄

Alternative forms

• ʔ in Liqʼwala dialect

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʼ (no case)

1. A letter of the Kwak'wala alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʼ (no case)

1. A letter of the Lakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Letter

ʼ (no case)

1. High-falling lexical tone.

Letter

ʼ (no case)

1. High lexical tone with a final plosive consonant.

Letter

ʼ

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʼ

1. A letter of the Mam alphabet.

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʼ

1. The nineteenth letter of the Navajo alphabet. It is used before or after a vowel to indicate a glottal stop.

See also

• saad niyíłtłáádígíí
• Appendix:Navajo alphabet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʼ (no case)

1. The letter of the O'odham alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʼ (no case)

1. A letter of the Pilagá alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Alternative forms

• ´

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʼ (no case)

1. The letter of the Seneca alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ʼ (no case)

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

Letter

ʼ (no case)

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

Alternative forms

• ⟨ʻ⟩

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʔ/
• (letter) IPA^(key): /ʔeta/

Letter

ʼ (no case)

1. A letter of the Tahitian alphabet, the ʻeta.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʼ (no case)

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Tundra Nenets 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, 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