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A reversed glottal stop letter, for the Arabic ayin.
Also known as: ʕ, Reversed glottal stop, Ayin, Pharyngeal voiced fricative
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a reversed glottal stop letter denotes a voiced pharyngeal fricative or approximant. It is the Arabic letter ayin, the voiced counterpart of the haa sound.
Denotes a voiced pharyngeal fricative or approximant, made by constriction in the pharynx with vocal-fold vibration.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Corresponds to the Arabic letter ayin and occurs in Hebrew and Maltese; it is frequently realised as an approximant rather than a true fricative.
Contexts: Language and transcription
The glottal stop letter mirrored left to right: a vertical stroke on the left rising to a curve that turns to the left at the top.