Glottal stop (letter)
| Glottal stop | |
|---|---|
| ʔ Ɂ ɂ ˀ | |
| 7 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | alphabetic |
| Sound values | /ʔ/ |
| In Unicode | U+0294, U+0241, U+0242, U+02C0 |
| History | |
| Development | ◌̓
|
| Descendants | |
| Variations | 7 |
| Other | |
| Associated graphs | ʼ ʾ ʻ Ꞌ |
| Writing direction | left-to-right |
ʔ (majuscule: Ɂ, minuscule: ɂ), called a gelded question mark or simply a glottal stop, is an alphabetic letter in some Latin alphabets, most notably in several languages of Canada where it indicates a glottal stop sound. Such usage derives from phonetic transcription, for example the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), that use this letter for the glottal stop sound. The letter derives historically from an apostrophe ⟨ʼ⟩, as does the half ring ⟨ʾ⟩.