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Gbari [gby] orthography uses the apostrophe, or sometimes turned comma, for the elision of prefix e- in nominalization. In some works U+02BB MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA is used, for example in Harley & Rosendall 2022 [1] or in Bible for Children translations [2], but this doesn’t seem to be consistent. In one of the Bible for Children translations [3], the elision is represented with ‘ U+2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK on the title page of the PDF and with ʻ U+02BB in the rest of the document but the nested opening quote is also represented with ʻ U+02BB: “Ke Zafnu de mula nyigo yi é gna ɗye, ʻZhi!’ Ke zanɗye wa wo ɗye ʻZhi!’ Ke zanɗye nuwna miwnu wo wo nya wo zhi. Ke zanɗye a ɓawo nya, wo go nuwna wyewye nyi tantaki.” The 2023 digital version of the 1956 Gbari New Testament [4], albeit using an old orthography, uses ' U+0027 APOSTROPHE. It’s not clear if ʻ U+02BB or ' U+0027 or ‘ U+2018 should be in the base characters exemplar as it is not listed as a letter from the Philip & Seshi 2004 orthography [5] in Alerechi & Chiemezie 2019 [6]. [1] Matthew Harley, Patrick Rosendall, Word break conflicts and elision in Gbari nominalizations, Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of San Diego, 7-9 April 2022, 2022, https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/96517 [2] Baibulu Aɓeta, https://bibleforchildren.org/languages/gbagyi_east/stories.php [1] Sanɗye Tswashe Wa Snu Ayna Khikhiri Ge Nya https://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/gbagyi_east/01_When_God_Made_Everything_Gbagyi_east.pdf [3] Edward Hughes et al., Shenzhi, Tswashe ‘Pyi Mari, Aɓyanƙe Baibulu = Bible for Children, 2022, https://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/gbagyi_east/60_Heaven_Gods_Beautiful_Home_Gbagyi_east.pdf [4] Gbari New Testament (Hay Version) , 1956, https://bibliamundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Gbari-Bible-New-Testament.pdf [5] A. N. Philip et N. Sheshi, The Gbari orthography, Minna, Gbari Language Development Committee, 2004 [6] R. I. Alerechi, O. A. Chiemezie, ”The Syllable Structure of Gbari“, The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, vol. 7, no. 12, 2019, 215-225, https://www.internationaljournalcorner.com/index.php/theijhss/article/view/150668
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