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ˮ
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High tone is written⟨ʼ⟩ with a finalplosive, including the otherwise unwritten glottal stop.The possibilities are thusaˮ,amˮ,anˮ,angˮ,abʼ,adʼ,agʼ,aʼ (and similarly for other vowels).
ˮ
Usually marks instances of the glottal stop/ʔ/ that either do not participate in any alternation, or alternate with the oral stopд(d°)/d/, in contrast with the letterʼ. Often transcribedq in scholarly sources. In some words the letter is silent and is used to indicate word-final consonants that are not followed by an unwrittenschwa.