ʻ

See also: ‘

ʻ U+02BB, ʻ MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA ← ʺ [U+02BA] Spacing Modifier Letters ʼ → [U+02BC]

Translingual

Symbol

ʻ

1. Used in ALA-LC romanization of the Arabic letter ع (ʕ).
2. Spiritus asper used in Wade-Giles romanizations of Mandarin Chinese.

   Tʻai-pei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan (ROC)

Further reading

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Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʻ

1. The thirteenth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet, called ʻokina and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Ā ā), E e (Ē ē), I i (Ī ī), O o (Ō ō), U u (Ū ū), H h, K k, L l, M m, N n, P p, W w, ʻ

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Tongan

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ʻ

1. The seventeenth letter of the Tongan alphabet, called fakauʻa and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, E e, F f, H h, I i, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ng ng, O o, P p, S s, T t, U u, V v, ʻ

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Uzbek

Diacritical mark

ʻ

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, found on Oʻ/oʻ.
2. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, found on Gʻ/gʻ.