U+02CF "ˏ" Modifier Letter Low Acute Accent Unicode Character

U+02CF "ˏ" Modifier Letter Low Acute Accent is a diacritical mark used in phonetic transcription, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet, to indicate a lowered or retracted articulation of the preceding or following sound. It appears as a small, angled stroke placed low on the baseline, resembling a reversed acute accent, and serves to modify the phonetic quality of a letter by specifying a slight shift in tongue position. This character is classified as a modifier letter, distinct from combining diacritics, because it is designed to stand alone as a spacing symbol rather than attaching directly to another character.