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A borrowed mark in a new script.
Also known as: Adlam glottal mark
The Adlam mark writing a glottal stop, taken from Arabic orthography into a script designed to replace it.
Writes a glottal stop in Adlam.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Retained from the Arabic orthography Adlam was built to replace, which shows that even a script designed from scratch keeps what its writers already knew how to read.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A small hooked mark set above the line, following the Arabic shape it derives from.