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===Comma variants=== {{Contains special characters|Uncommon Unicode|section}} The basic comma is defined in [[Unicode]] as {{unichar|002c|html=}}, and many variants by typography or language are also defined. {{clear}} :{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ |- !scope="col"|Character !scope="col"|Unicode point !scope="col"|Unicode name !scope="col"|Notes |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ,}} | U+002C | {{sc| COMMA}} | Prose in European languages<br/>[[Decimal separator]] in [[Continental Europe]], [[Brazil]], and most other [[Latin America]]n countries<!-- But not Mexico, for one. --> |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ،}} | U+060C | [[Arabic script|{{sc|ARABIC}}]] {{sc|COMMA}} | Used in all languages using [[Arabic alphabet]]<br/>Also used in other languages, including [[Syriac alphabet|Syriac]] and [[Thaana]] |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ⸲}} | U+2E32 | {{sc| TURNED COMMA}} | [[Palaeotype alphabet|Palaeotype]] transliteration symbol – indicates [[nasalization]] |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ⸴}} | U+2E34 | {{sc| RAISED COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ⹁}} | U+2E41 | {{sc| REVERSED COMMA}} | Used in [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]<!--Script unspecified.-->, among other languages |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ⹉}} | U+2E49 | {{sc| DOUBLE STACKED COMMA}} | Used in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical book [[Typikon]] |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| 、}} | U+3001 | [[ideogram|{{sc|IDEOGRAPHIC}}]] {{sc|COMMA}} | Used in [[Written Chinese|Chinese]] and [[Japanese writing system|Japanese]] writing systems {{see below|{{section link||East Asia}}, below}} |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ︐}} | [[Vertical Forms|U+FE10]] | {{sc| PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL COMMA}} | Used in vertical writing |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ︑}} | [[Vertical Forms|U+FE11]] | {{sc| PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL}} [[ideogram|{{sc|IDEOGRAPHIC}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | Used in vertical writing |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ﹐}} | [[Small Form Variants|U+FE50]] | {{sc| SMALL COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ﹑}} | [[Small Form Variants|U+FE51]] | {{sc| SMALL}} [[ideogram|{{sc| IDEOGRAPHIC}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ,}} | [[Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (Unicode block)|U+FF0C]] | {{sc| FULLWIDTH COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| 、}} | [[Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (Unicode block)|U+FF64]] | {{sc| HALFWIDTH}} [[ideogram|{{sc| IDEOGRAPHIC}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | |} Some languages use a completely different sort of character for the purpose of the comma. :{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !scope="col"|Character !scope="col"|Unicode point !scope="col"|Unicode name !scope="col"|Notes |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ·}} | U+00B7 | {{sc| MIDDLE DOT}} | Used as a comma in [[Georgian scripts|Georgian]] |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ∘}} | U+2218 | {{sc| RING OPERATOR}} | Used as a comma in [[Malayalam script|Malayalam]] |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ՝}} | U+055D | [[Armenian alphabet|{{sc|ARMENIAN}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ߸}} | U+07F8 | [[N'Ko alphabet|{{sc|NKO}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ፣}} | U+1363 | [[Ge'ez script|{{sc|ETHIOPIC}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ᠂}} | U+1802 | [[Mongolian script|{{sc|MONGOLIAN}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ᠈}} | U+1808 | [[Manchu alphabet|{{sc|MONGOLIAN MANCHU}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ⹌}} | U+2E4C | [[Middle Ages|{{sc|MEDIEVAL}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ꓾}} | U+A4FE | [[Lisu language|{{sc|LISU}}]] {{sc| PUNCTUATION COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ꘍}} | U+A60D | [[Vai syllabary|{{sc|VAI}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ꛵}} | U+A6F5 | [[Bamum script|{{sc|BAMUM}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| 𑑍}} |data-sort-value="U+X1144D"| U+1144D | [[Prachalit Nepal alphabet|{{sc|NEWA}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| 𑑚}} |data-sort-value="U+X1145A"| U+1145A | [[Prachalit Nepal alphabet|{{sc|NEWA}}]] {{sc| DOUBLE COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| 𖺗}} |data-sort-value="U+X16E97"| U+16E97 | [[Medefaidrin|{{sc|MEDEFAIDRIN}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| 𝪇}} |data-sort-value="U+X1DA87"| U+1DA87 | [[SignWriting|{{sc|SIGNWRITING}}]] {{sc| COMMA}} | |} There are also a number of comma-like [[diacritic]]s with "{{sc|COMMA}}" in their Unicode names that are not intended for use as [[punctuation]]. A comma-like low quotation mark is also available (shown below; corresponding sets of raised single quotation marks and double-quotation marks are not shown). :{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !scope="col"|Character !scope="col"|Unicode point !scope="col"|Unicode name !scope="col"|Notes |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ʻ}} | U+02BB | {{sc| MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA}} | Used as ''{{lang|haw|[[ʻokina]]}}'' in [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ʽ}} | U+02BD | {{sc| MODIFIER LETTER REVERSED COMMA}} | Indicates weak aspiration |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ̒}} | U+0312 | [[Combining character|{{sc|COMBINING}}]] {{sc| TURNED COMMA ABOVE}} | Latvian diacritic [[cedilla]] above |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ̓}} | U+0313 | [[Combining character|{{sc|COMBINING}}]] {{sc| COMMA ABOVE}} | Greek ''{{lang|el|psili}}'' (smooth breathing mark) |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ̔}} | U+0314 | [[Combining character|{{sc|COMBINING}}]] {{sc| REVERSED COMMA ABOVE}} | Greek ''{{lang|el|dasia}}'' (rough breathing mark) |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ̕}} | U+0315 | [[Combining character|{{sc|COMBINING}}]] {{sc| COMMA ABOVE RIGHT}} | |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ̦}} | U+0326 | [[Combining character|{{sc|COMBINING}}]] {{sc| COMMA BELOW}} | Diacritical mark in Romanian, Latvian, Livonian |- |style="text-align:center;"| {{big| ‚}} | U+201A | {{sc| SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK}} | Opening single quotation mark in some languages |} There are various other Unicode characters that include commas or comma-like figures with other characters or marks, that are not shown in these tables.
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