Modifier letter right half ring

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The modifier letter right half ring (ʾ) is a character found in Unicode in the Spacing Modifier Letters range (although it is not a modifier, but a standalone grapheme).^[1] It is used in romanization to transliterate the Semitic abjad letter aleph and the Arabic letter hamza after it was used by The Encyclopedia of Islam (later the International Journal of Middle East Studies),^[2] representing the sound ⟨ʔ⟩ (a glottal stop, as in Arabic ء hamza). In informal contexts, the backtick ⟨`⟩ or the apostrophe ⟨'⟩ is commonly used as a substitute; but this can lead to confusion with the modifier letter left half ring.

1. ^ "Spacing Modifier Letters, Range: 02B0–02FF" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2001-06-02.
2. ^ IJMES Translation and Transliteration Guide. Cambridge University Press. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022.

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