From: Chris Harvey (chris@languagegeek.com)
Date: Tue Nov 15 2005 - 08:42:10 CST
> CLDR uses the correct orientation for apostrophes. It also contains
> mapping information so that someone wanting to use or allow fallback
> characters such as the ASCII apostrophe can do so. So {c’h} would be
> used.
A quick question on apostrophes
In which cases would one use the U+2019 punctuation apostrophe vs the
U+02BC modifier letter apostrophe? The description of U+02BC in the
Unicode Standardd 4.0 indicates that it is for "glottal stop,
glottalization, ejective".
In that case, would the Mohawk word for “net”, á:’are [aːʔare] use U+02BC
(in it’s glottal stop guise) even though the apostrophe isn’t modifying
anything?
Same goes for the Tohono ’O’odham word for “each other”, ’a’i [ʔaʔi].
Would this mean that the choice between U+2019 and U+02BC is decided by
the phonetic realisation of the apostrophe?
Thanks,
Chris Harvey
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