What ˀ means
It marks glottalization added to a nearby sound.
Glottalization tightens the vocal folds; ˀ can mark a glottal-stop-like gesture or creaky voice. In phonetic transcription, it modifies a sound rather than serving as ordinary punctuation.
How is ˀ used in phonetic transcription?
Its position shows which sound gets glottalization.
One convention writes ˀt for a pre-glottalized t: glottalization comes at its start. The full-size IPA letter ʔ writes the glottal stop as its own sound.
Technical; used in phonetic transcription.
Use ʔ when the transcription writes the glottal stop as its own sound.
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does ˀ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ˀ
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- glottalization · glottalized consonant · glottal stop mark · pre-glottalization · phonetic transcription · IPA
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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