and Linux-based computers and all new major smartphones have no problem with the glyph, and it is no longer a problem in Internet Explorer 7 as it was in previous versions. U+02BB should be the value used in encoding new data when the expected use of the data permits. The same character is sometimes used in Latin transliterations of the Hebrew letter ʻáyin and the Arabic letter ʻayn (which is not a glottal stop) as well as in the Uzbek alphabet to write the letters Oʻ (Cyrillic Ў) and Gʻ (Cyrillic Ғ). However, "okina" and other Polynesian names are properly reserved for the glottal stop in Polynesian language orthographies. Other glottal stop characters, such as , are inappropriate for the okina. The glottal stop letter in Tahitian and Wallisian has a distinct appearance, like the turned comma rotated 90° clockwise. This glyph is not currently assigned a separate character in Unicode. See also Modifier letter apostrophe Glottal stop (letter) Saltillo (linguistics) References External links Apple compatibility with Hawaiian added in OS 10.2 Apple Computer Includes Hawaiian Language Support With Latest Operating System. Honolulu Advertiser (September 2, 2002): I mua! Macintosh 'speaks' Hawaiian Starbulletin (September 16, 2002): Macs upgrade to isle punctuation SFGate (September 9, 2002): Hawaiian language advocates applaud new Mac operating system. Honolulu Advertiser (June 28, 2004): Hawaiian spellings catch on, but slowly. (On slow progress in using proper Hawaiian spellings instead of makeshift English spelling.) Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library: Browser information for viewing Hawaiian characters The Okina in French Polynesian, a graphic example on the top of the page of the official website of the commune of Faa'a, capital of the French Polynesia (this explains why the INSEE still encodes it like the French apostrophe). Polynesian Font hints and information on encoding. Polynesian languages Hawaiian English Hawaiian language Latin-script letters Tongic languages