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ʼ
ʼ
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Translingual
Alternative forms
Symbol
ʼ
- A diacritic used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for ejective and other glottalized consonants
- [kʼ], [tʼ], [sʼ], etc.
Navajo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔ/
Letter
ʼ
- The nineteenth letter of the Navajo alphabet. It is used before or after a vowel to indicate a glottal stop. In addition, it is part of the following Navajo letters: chʼ, kʼ, tʼ, tłʼ, tsʼ. Every Navajo word begins with either the glottal stop or another consonant. If a vowel appears to begin a word, it is pronounced with a glottal stop at the beginning, but the stop usually is not written: ooljééʼ (sometimes spelled ʼooljééʼ).
See also
- saad niyíłtłáádígíí
- Appendix:Navajo alphabet
Tundra Nenets
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʔ/
Letter
ʼ
- The thirty-fifth letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet
Usage notes
Marks instances of the glottal stop /ʔ/ that alternate with nasal consonants н /n/, ӈ /ŋ/ in inflection, in contrast with the letter ˮ. Often transcribed h in scholarly works.