Template:Ayin

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Usage

This template outputs the ayin character Template:Unichar used to mark the pharyngeal stop in the Hans Wehr transliteration of Arabic and the Survey of Egypt System (SES). It does not accept any parameters.

For ALA-LC transliteration of Arabic ayn, use {{ayn}}. For ʿ (ʿ) in technical transliterations, use {{lhr}} (left half ring).

Letters resembling apostrophes

The table below provides an overview of various apostrophes used in transliteration and romanization of languages into Latin script. While not exhaustive, it highlights common conventions particularly relating to Arabic on Wikipedia.

For Arabic transliteration, Wikipedia follows a modified version of the ALA-LC romanization method, ensuring readability and compliance with the Manual of Style.

• Strict transliteration (used mainly for etymology) includes accents, underscores, and underdots, typically alongside the original Arabic script.
• Other forms of romanization, such as basic transcription (used in most cases), follows the same system but excludes accents, underscores, and underdots, with some exceptions.

For more details, refer to:

• MOS:ARABIC – Wikipedia’s guideline on Arabic romanization.
• MOS:APOSTROPHE – Guidelines on apostrophe use in transliteration.
• Historical discussions: See Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Arabic § The apostrophe (again) and Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 171 § Confusion on differing Arabic apostrophe like symbols

Overview of various apostrophes used in transliteration and romanization of languages into Latin script

TemplateTemplate:Efn	OutputTemplate:Efn		Usage	Unicode	Comment	IPA
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Straight apostrophe: Press ' key	'	'	Wikipedia basic transcription of both Arabic hamzah ﺀ (glottal stop) and ʿayn عTemplate:Efn based on ALA-LC romanization.	Template:Unichar	Omitted when hamza or ayn appears at the beginning of words.Template:Efn	Template:IPA, Template:IPA
{{left half ring}} Redirect symbol{{lhr}}	ʿ	ʿ	Wikipedia strict transliteration of Arabic ʿayn عTemplate:Efn based on DIN 31635	Template:Unichar	Omitted in basic transcription.Template:Efn	Template:IPA
{{ayin}}	ʽ	ʽ	Wikipedia strict transliteration of Arabic ʿayn عTemplate:Efn based on ALA-LC romanization. Arabic Hans Wehr transliteration and Survey of Egypt System (SES) Arabic romanization of Arabic ʿayn ع (permitted per MOS:ARABIC, but very rarely used).	Template:Unichar	Both {{left half ring}} and {{Ayin}} allowed for strict transcription, per MOS:ARABIC.	Template:IPA
{{hamza}}	ʼ	ʼ	Most commonly the Wikipedia strict transliteration of Arabic Hamzah ﺀ (glottal stop), marking a shift in vowel, as in the middle of the colloquial uh-oh. Transliteration of letter aleph in Semitic language alphabets Amongst various other glottal sounds in other languages.	Template:Unichar		Template:IPA
{{right half ring}} Redirect symbol{{rhr}}	ʾ	ʾ	Wikipedia strict transliteration of Arabic hamzah ﺀ based on DIN 31635.	Template:Unichar		Template:IPA
{{okina}} Redirect symbol{{ayn}}Template:Efn	ʻ	ʻ	Ejective glottal stop letter, named ʻokina in Polynesian languages. Use {{okina}} for Hawaiian, Marquesan, Samoan, Cook Islands Māori, and other Polynesian languages by default. ALA-LC romanization and some other romanizations of Arabic ʿayn ع. UTC L2/00-220 transliteration of Arabic ʿayn.	Template:Unichar		Template:IPA
{{'eta}}	ʼ	ʼ	Ejective glottal stop letter in Tahitian named ʼeta. (May be graphically distinct from ʻokina.)	Template:Unichar		Template:IPA
{{fakau'a}}	ʻ	ʻ	Ejective glottal stop letter in Tongan named fakauʻa. (May be graphically distinct from ʻokina.)	Template:Unichar		Template:IPA
{{saltillo}}	ꞌ	ꞌ	Mexican linguistics.	Template:Unichar Template:Unichar		Template:IPA
{{saltillo|cap}}	ꞌ	ꞌ		Template:Unichar		Template:IPA
{{softsign}}	ʹ	ʹ	Marks palatalization in the romanization of Cyrillic, such as for the letter ь. In some conventions {{hamza}} is used instead.	Template:Unichar		Template:IPA
{{hardsign}}	ʺ	ʺ	Marks a lack of palatalization in the romanization of Cyrillic, such as for the letter ъ. In some conventions ˮ is used instead (no template: manually enter ˮ).	Template:Unichar

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