diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/service/device/speak/SpeakCommands.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/service/device/speak/SpeakCommands.kt
index 322e9b715f..36e9c33acb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/service/device/speak/SpeakCommands.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/service/device/speak/SpeakCommands.kt
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ class SpeakCommandArray: ArrayList<SpeakCommand>() {
     } else {
         4000
     }
-    private val endsWithSentenceBreak = Regex(""".*[.?!]+[\p{Pf}"']*\W*""", RegexOption.DOT_MATCHES_ALL)
-    private val splitIntoTwoSentences = Regex("""(.*)([.?!]+[\p{Pf}"']*)(\W*.+)""", RegexOption.DOT_MATCHES_ALL)
-    private val startsWithDelimiter = Regex("""([,.?!"':;()]+|'s)(\p{Zs}.*|)""", RegexOption.DOT_MATCHES_ALL)
+    private val endsWithSentenceBreak = Regex(""".*[.?!。]+[\p{Pf}"']*\W*""", RegexOption.DOT_MATCHES_ALL)
+    private val splitIntoTwoSentences = Regex("""(.*)([.?!。]+[\p{Pf}"']*)(\W*.+)""", RegexOption.DOT_MATCHES_ALL)
+    private val startsWithDelimiter = Regex("""([。,.?!"':;()，；]+|'s)(\p{Zs}.*|)""", RegexOption.DOT_MATCHES_ALL)
 
     fun copy(): SpeakCommandArray {
         val cmds = SpeakCommandArray()
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/service/sword/SwordContentFacade.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/service/sword/SwordContentFacade.kt
index 50e1881af0..2d6b31e352 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/bible/service/sword/SwordContentFacade.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/bible/service/sword/SwordContentFacade.kt
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ object SwordContentFacade {
         // group 1: before marker
         """((\d{2,}|\D)""" +
         // marker itself
-        """(([.,;:!?]["'\p{Pf}]?\p{Z}+)|(\p{Z}*\p{Pd}\p{Z}*)))"""+
+        """(([.,;:!?。，；]["'\p{Pf}]?\p{Z}+)|(\p{Z}*\p{Pd}\p{Z}*)))"""+
         // group 6: after marker
         """(["'¡¿\p{Pi}]?\p{L})"""
     )