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The modifier letter prime (ʹ) is a spacing glyph.
Usage
editIt 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
editIts 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 (′)