Modifier letter apostrophe

Phonetic modifier letter (ʼ)

Cyrillic letter

Modifier letter apostrophe

Phonetic usage:| [ʔ], [ʰ]
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
| А| А̀| А̂| А̄| Ӓ| Б| В| Г

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Ґ| Д| Ђ| Ѓ| Е| Ѐ| Е̄| Е̂
Ё| Є| Ж| З| З́| Ѕ| И| І
Ї| Ꙇ| Ѝ| И̂| Ӣ| Й| Ј| К
Л| Љ| М| Н| Њ| О| О̀| О̂
Ō| Ӧ| П| Р| С| С́| Т| Ћ
Ќ| У| У̀| У̂| Ӯ| Ў| Ӱ| Ф
Х| Ц| Ч| Џ| Ш| Щ| Ꙏ| Ъ
Ъ̀| Ы| Ь| Ѣ| Э| Ю| Ю̀| Я
Я̀| | | | | | |
Non-Slavic letters
| Ӑ| А̊| А̃| Ӓ̄| Ӕ| Ә| Ә́| Ә̃

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Ӛ| В̌| Ԝ| Г̑| Г̇| Г̣| Г̌| Г̂
Г̆| Г̈| г̊| Ҕ| Ғ| | Ӻ| Ғ̌
ғ̊| Ӷ| | Д́| Д̌| Д̈| Д̣| Д̆
Ӗ| Е̃| Ё̄| Є̈| Ԑ| Ԑ̈| Җ| Ӝ
Ӂ| Ж̣| Ҙ| Ӟ| З̌| З̣| З̆| Ӡ
И̃| Ӥ| Ҋ| Қ| Ӄ| Ҡ| Ҟ| Ҝ
К̣| к̊| қ̊| Ԛ| ᴫ| Л́| Ӆ| Ԯ
Ԓ| Л̈| Ӎ| ᵸ| Н́| Ӊ| Ң| Ԩ
Ӈ| Ҥ| О̆| О̃| Ӧ̄| Ө| Ө̄| Ө́
Ө̆| Ӫ| Ԥ| П̈| Ҏ| Р̌| С̌| Ҫ
С̣| С̱| Т́| Т̈| Т̌| Т̇| Т̣| Ҭ
| У̃| Ӳ| У̊| Ӱ̄| Ұ| Ү| Ү́
Х̣| Х̱| Х̮| Х̑| Х̌| Ҳ| Ӽ| х̊
Ӿ| ӿ̊| Һ| Һ̈| Ԧ| Ц̌| Ц̈| Ҵ
Ҷ| Ҷ̣| Ӵ| Ӌ| | Ҹ| Ч̇| Ч̣
Ҽ| Ҿ| Ш̣| ꚜ| Ы̆| Ы̄| Ӹ| ꚝ
Ҍ| Ҩ| Э̆| Э̄| Э̇| Ӭ| Ӭ́| Ӭ̄
Ю̆| Ю̈| Ю̄| Я̆| Я̄| Я̈| Ӏ| ʼ
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Archaic or unused letters
| | А̨| Б̀| Б̣| Б̱| В̀| Г̀| Г̧

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Г̄| Г̓| Г̆| Ҕ̀| Ҕ̆| | Ԁ| Д̓
Д̀| Д̨| | Ԃ| Ꚁ| Ꙣ| Е̇| Е̨
Ж̀| Ж̑| | | Ꙃ| Ꙅ| | Џ̆
Ꚅ| Ꚅ̆| Ꙁ| З̀| З̑| Ԅ| Ԇ| Ꚉ
Ԫ| Ꚃ| Ꚕ| | | І̂| І̣| І̨
| Ј̵| Ј̃| Ꙉ| К̓| К̀| К̆| Ӄ̆
К̑| К̇| К̈| К̄| Ԟ| К̂| |
Л̀| Ԡ| Ꙥ| Ԉ| Л̑| Л̇| Ԕ|
| | М̀| М̃| Ꙧ| Н̀| Н̄| Н̧
Н̃| Ԋ| Ԣ| Н̡| Ѻ| Ꙩ| Ꙫ| Ꙭ
ꙮ| Ꚙ| Ꚛ| | | | П̓| П̀
П́| Ҧ| П̧| П̑| Ҁ| Ԛ̆| | Р́
Р̀| Р̃| | Ԗ| С̀| С̈| Ԍ| Ҫ̓
| Т̓| Т̀| Ԏ| Т̑| Ꚋ| Т̧| Ꚍ
Ꚍ̆| | | | Ѹ| Ꙋ| | У̇
У̨| ꙋ́| Ф̑| Ф̓| Х́| Х̀| Х̆| Х̇
Х̧| Х̾| Х̓| | һ̱| Ѡ| Ꙍ| Ѽ
Ѿ| Ꙡ| Ц̀| Ц́| Ц̓| | Ꚏ| Ꚏ̆
| | Ꚑ| Ч́| Ч̀| Ч̆| Ч̑| Ч̓
| | Ԭ| Ꚓ| Ꚇ| Ꚇ̆| Ҽ̆| Ш̀
Ш̆| Ш̑| Щ̆| Ꚗ| Ꚗ̆| | Ъ̄| Ъ̈
Ъ̈̄| Ꙑ| Ы̂| Ы̃| | Ѣ́| Ѣ̈| Ѣ̆
Ꙓ| Э̨| Э̂| Ꙕ| Ю̂| | | Ꙗ
Я̈| Я̂| Я̨| Ԙ| Ѥ| Ѧ| Ꙙ| Ѫ
Ꙛ| Ѩ| Ꙝ| Ѭ| Ѯ| Ѱ| Ѳ| Ѵ
Ѷ| Ꙟ| | | | | |

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The modifier letter apostrophe ʼ is a letter found in Unicode encoding, used primarily for various glottal sounds.

## Encoding

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The letter apostrophe is encoded at U+02BC ʼ MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE, which is in the Spacing Modifier Letters Unicode block.

In Unicode code charts it looks identical to the U+2019 ' RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK,[1] but this is not true for all fonts. The primary difference between the letter apostrophe and U+2019 is that the letter apostrophe U+02BC has the Unicode General Category "Letter, modifier" (Lm), while U+2019 has the category "Punctuation, Final quote" (Pf).

In early Unicode (versions 1.0[2]–2.1.9[3]) U+02BC was preferred for the punctuation apostrophe in English. Since version 3.0.0,[4][5] however, U+2019 is preferred, because it is defined as a punctuation mark. The behavior of Unicode letters and punctuation marks differs, causing complications if punctuation code points are used for letters or vice versa.

## Use

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In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it is used to express ejective consonants, such as [kʼ] and [tʼ].

It denotes a glottal stop [ʔ] in orthographies of many languages, such as Nenets (in Cyrillic script) and the artificial Klingon language.

In one version of the Kildin Sami alphabet, it denotes preaspiration.[6]

In the Ukrainian alphabet and in the Belarusian alphabet, U+02BC is used for the semi-letter 'apostrophe' (which plays a role similar to Russian ⟨ъ⟩) in certain contexts, such as, for example, in internationalized domain names where a punctuation mark would be disallowed.[7]

In Bodo and Dogri written in Devanagari, it marks high tone and low-rising tone on short vowels, respectively.

## See also

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* Apostrophe
* Hamza
* Modifier letter double apostrophe
* Modifier letter turned comma
* Saltillo and ʻOkina, other letters used for glottal stop
* Spacing Modifier Letters

## References

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1. ^ Unicode code charts Archived 15 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Unicode.org. Retrieved on 7 April 2013.
2. ^ "The Unicode Standard, Version 1.0, v. 1, p. 173" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
3. ^ "Unicode 2.1.9 NamesList-1.txt". Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
4. ^ "Unicode 3.0.0 NamesList-3.0.0.txt". Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
5. ^ "Current NamesList.txt". Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
6. ^ Куруч, Р. Д.; Афанасьева, Н. Е.; Виноградова, И. В. 1995. Правила орфографии и пунктуации саамского языка. Мурманск.
7. ^ "IDN Variant TLDs – Cyrillic Script Issues" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

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