Okina: Difference between revisions

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Ro Thorpe
(New page: The '''okina''' (Hawaiian: ʻokina) is a symbol used in Hawaiian and other languages to indicate the sound of the glottal stop. It resembles an inverted comma us...)
 
mNo edit summary
 
(5 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
The '''okina''' (Hawaiian: ʻokina) is a symbol used in [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] and other languages to indicate the sound of the [[glottal stop]]. It resembles an  inverted comma used for opening speech, and should not be confused with the apostrophe, which is the same symbol upside down (like the inverted comma closing speech).
{{subpages}}
The '''okina''' (Hawaiian: '''ʻokina''') is a symbol used in [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] and other languages to indicate the sound of the [[glottal stop]]. It resembles an  inverted comma used for opening speech, and should not be confused with the apostrophe, which is the same symbol upside down (as is the inverted comma for closing speech).[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]

Latest revision as of 07:01, 28 September 2024

This article is a stub and thus not approved.
Main Article
Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
This editable Main Article is under development and subject to a disclaimer.

The okina (Hawaiian: ʻokina) is a symbol used in Hawaiian and other languages to indicate the sound of the glottal stop. It resembles an inverted comma used for opening speech, and should not be confused with the apostrophe, which is the same symbol upside down (as is the inverted comma for closing speech).