Reversed glottal stop
| Reversed glottal stop | |
|---|---|
| ʕ ˁ ˤ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | casing pair: Pilagá |
| Sound values | /ʕ/ |
| In Unicode | U+0295, U+A7CE, U+A7CF, U+02C1, U+02E4 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Time period | caseless: 1928-present casing pair: 1996-present |
| Descendants | |
| Sisters | ʔ Ɂ ɂ ˀ |
| Other | |
| Associated graphs | ʽ ʿ ʻ |
| Writing direction | Left-to-right |
The reversed glottal stop, ⟨ʕ⟩ (majuscule: , minuscule: , superscript: ˤ), is a letter of the Latin script. It is used to denote a voiced pharyngeal fricative and similar sounds, either as a caseless letter as in the International Phonetic Alphabet, or as a cased pair in the Pilagá alphabet. Like the glottal stop ⟨ʔ⟩, which is derived historically from an apostrophe, it derives from the reversed comma ⟨ʽ⟩, as does the half ring ⟨ʿ⟩.