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ˮ

ˮ

ˮ U+02EE, ˮ
MODIFIER LETTER DOUBLE APOSTROPHE
˭
[U+02ED]
Spacing Modifier Letters ˯
[U+02EF]

Tundra Nenets

Usage notes

Usually marks instances of the glottal stop /ʔ/ that either do not participate in any alternation, or alternate with the oral stop д /d/, in contrast with the letter . Often transcribed q in scholarly sources. In some words the letter is silent and is used to indicate word-final consonants that are not followed by an unwritten schwa.

Letter

ˮ

  1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet

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