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{{Short description|Unicode modifier letter}}
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The '''modifier letter right half ring''' ({{char|ʾ}}) is a character found in [[Unicode]] in the [[Spacing Modifier Letters]] range (although it is not a modifier, but a standalone [[grapheme]]).<ref>https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U02B0.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref> It is used in [[romanization]] to [[transliterate]] the [[Semitic abjads|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]]''),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220208180440/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-middle-east-studies/information/author-resources/ijmes-translation-and-transliteration-guide IJMES Translation and Transliteration Guide]. ''Cambridge University Press.'' Archived from [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-middle-east-studies/information/author-resources/ijmes-translation-and-transliteration-guide the original] on 8 February 2022.</ref> representing the sound {{IPAalink|ʔ}} (a [[glottal stop]], as in Arabic {{Lang|ar|ء}} ''[[hamza]]''). In informal contexts, the [[backtick]] ⟨{{char|`}}⟩ or the [[apostrophe]] ⟨{{char|'}}⟩ is commonly used as a substitute; but this can lead to confusion with the [[modifier letter left half ring]].

==See also==
* [[Modifier letter left half ring]]
* [[Half ring]]
* [[Apostrophe]]
* [[Glottal stop]]
* [[Glottal stop (letter)]]
* [[Spiritus lenis]]
* [[Sicilicus]]

==References==
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