# ʻ U+02BB MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA

## Properties

- General category: [Modifier Letter](/unicode/categories/modifier-letter.md) (Lm)
- Script: [Common](/unicode/scripts/common.md) (Common)

## Annotations

- • typographical alternate for 02BD or 02BF
- • used in some Polynesian orthographies for glottal stop
- • Hawaiʻian: ʻokina
- • Tongan: fakauʻa
- → [U+0312 ◌̒ COMBINING TURNED COMMA ABOVE](/unicode/U+0312.md)
- → [U+07F5 ߵ NKO LOW TONE APOSTROPHE](/unicode/U+07F5.md)
- → [U+2018 ‘ LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK](/unicode/U+2018.md)