This template is used to standardize the special characters created by Friedrich Max Müller in his Proposals for a Missionary Alphabet, which are used in the series Sacred Books of the East.

Usage

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Template syntax Result Character name Purpose in Müller's alphabet
{{sbe-char|'}} ʼ U+02BC ʼ MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE Represents "spiritus lenis" i.e. the absence of a voiceless glottal fricative
{{sbe-char|`}} ʽ U+02BD ʽ MODIFIER LETTER REVERSED COMMA Represents "spiritus asper" i.e. the presence of a voiceless glottal fricative (IPA [h])
{{sbe-char|s}} ſ U+017F ſ LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S Represents:
{{sbe-char|z}} z "German z", represented by {{blackletter/inline|z}} Represents "flatus asperrimus" i.e. a pharyngealized voiceless alveolar sibilant (IPA: [sˤ])
{{sbe-char|Z}} Z "German Z", represented by {{blackletter/inline|Z}} {{{1}}}