Editing Ejective consonant (section)

==Orthography==
In the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]], ejectives are indicated with a "modifier letter apostrophe" {{angbr|'''ʼ'''}}, as in this article. A reversed apostrophe is sometimes used to represent light aspiration, as in [[Armenian language|Armenian]] linguistics {{angbr IPA|pʻ tʻ kʻ}}; this usage is obsolete in the IPA. In other transcription traditions (such as many [[Romanization of Russian|romanisations of Russian]], where it is transliterating the [[soft sign]]), the apostrophe represents [[Palatalization (phonetics)|palatalization]]: {{angbr IPA|pʼ}} = IPA {{angbr IPA|pʲ}}. In some [[Americanist phonetic notation|Americanist traditions]], an apostrophe indicates weak ejection and an exclamation mark strong ejection: {{angbr IPA|k̓ , k!}}. In the IPA, the distinction might be written {{angbr IPA|kʼ, kʼʼ}}, but it seems that no language distinguishes degrees of ejection. Transcriptions of the Caucasian languages often utilize combining dots above or below a letter to indicate an ejective.

In alphabets using the Latin script, an IPA-like apostrophe for ejective consonants is common. However, there are other conventions. In [[Hausa language|Hausa]], the hooked letter [[ƙ]] is used for {{IPA|/kʼ/}}. In [[Zulu language|Zulu]] and [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], whose ejection is variable between speakers, plain consonant letters are used: ''p t k ts tsh kr'' for {{IPA|/pʼ tʼ kʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kxʼ/}}. In some conventions for [[Haida language|Haida]] and [[Hadza language|Hadza]], double letters are used: ''tt kk qq ttl tts'' for {{IPA|/tʼ kʼ qʼ tɬʼ tsʼ/}} (Haida) and ''zz jj dl gg'' for {{IPA|1=/tsʼ tʃʼ c𝼆ʼ kxʼ/}} (Hadza).