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A raised apostrophe marking an ejective consonant.
Also known as: ʼ, Ejective apostrophe, Modifier apostrophe, Glottalic mark
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a raised apostrophe after a consonant letter marks it as ejective: made by closing the glottis and driving air outward with the larynx rather than from the lungs.
Marks the preceding consonant as ejective, produced on a glottalic egressive airstream driven by the larynx rather than the lungs.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Applies to any consonant letter rather than denoting a sound of its own, and is common in transcriptions of Amharic, Georgian, Quechua and the languages of the Caucasus and the Americas.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A small raised comma-like stroke placed after and level with the top of the letter it modifies.