Modifier letter prime
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The modifier letter prime (ʹ) is a spacing glyph.
Usage
[edit]It is used in the romanization of Cyrillic for palatalized consonants (particularly for the letter ь) and in the orthography of the Skolt Sami for suprasegmental palatalization.
Computing codes
[edit]Its Unicode name is simply: Modifier Letter Prime[1]
See also
[edit]- single apostrophe U+02BC ʼ MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE.
- single vertical line U+02C8 ˈ MODIFIER LETTER VERTICAL LINE.
- Similar symbol U+2032 ′ PRIME (′)