ߑ

ߑ U+07D1, ߑ NKO LETTER DAGBASINNA ← ߐ [U+07D0] NKo ߒ → [U+07D2]

N'Ko

Punctuation mark

ߑ (')

1. the dagbasinna of the N'Ko alphabet: indicates the absence of a vowel after a consonant.

Usage notes

Standard N'Ko orthography is that when two successive syllables have the same vowel, the vowel is only written after the second consonant, e.g. ߓߟߏ ⟨blo⟩ is pronounced /bolo/. However, foreign loanwords sometimes contain consonant clusters, and in such cases the dagbasinna is used to indicate that the first vowel does not occur, e.g. ߓߑߟߏ ⟨b'lo⟩ is to be pronounced /blo/. This convention is somewhat like the conventional English and French spelling N'ko for what is really just /ŋko/.