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Descended from the diagonal slash ( / ), used to indicate a pause. The modern form was first used by Aldus Manutius.

, (English name comma)

1. Separates items in a list.

   She sells dogs, cats, and birds.

   Ella vende perros, gatos y pájaros.

2. Separates clauses in a sentence.
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (Harry Potter; 2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 217:

     Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca.

     When you are in doubt, go to the library.

3. Separates coordinate adjectives.

   The dull, incessant droning.

4. Optionally sets off quoted material that is the grammatical object of an active verb of speaking or writing.

   Mr. Kershner says, "You should know how to use a comma."

5. Separates one element in a date from another.

   Feb. 14, 1987, was the target date.

   Donnerstag, 29. Juni 2023

6. Separates a region from a geographic place within.

   Austin, Texas

7. Separates the surname from given name when the traditional order is the reverse.

   Smith, John

8. Separates title from a name.

   John Smith, PhD

9. Marks elision.

   The cat was white; the dog, brown. (Here the comma replaces was.)

10. Marks a noun or pronoun used independently when speaking to some person, place or thing.

    I hope, John, that you will read this.

    J'espère, Jean, que vous lirez ça.

11. Separates steps to do something in software.
    • 1995, Paul W. Ross, The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists (in English), CRC Press, →ISBN, page 719:

      Choose View, Screen Show, Edit Effect to provide transition effects such as Fade and Blinds.

• (Separates items in a list) The last comma before a conjunction in a list is called a serial comma. Usage of the serial comma depends on the house style one uses, so the phrase can also be written without the comma: "She sells dogs, cats and birds." See Serial comma on Wikipedia for more details.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:,.

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1. The thousands separator used in some countries.

   I have 1,258 flags.

   1. (South Asia) Used for the Indian numbering system.
2. The decimal separator used in some countries.

   Le debo 7,14 €. (Spanish) ― I owe you €7.14

   J’ai payé 10,14 €. (French) ― I paid €10.14

For quotations using this term, see Citations:,.

• in Arabic: ،
• in Armenian: ՝
• in Chinese: ，
• in Japanese: 、

• (Decimal separator): .
• (Thousands separator): .

Punctuation

,

1. (stenoscript) the suffix -(V)nce or -(V)nse (-ance, -ence, -anse, -ense, etc.)
2. (stenoscript) the suffix -ity

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

,

1. final glottal stop (on a syllable with fully falling lexical tone).

The punctuation mark is separated from the preceding word by a space.

Falling tone is otherwise unmarked. Glottal stop also occurs on syllables with high-falling tone, which is written ⟨ʼ⟩, but is unmarked in such cases.

,

1. High-falling lexical tone.

A final glottal stop is unwritten on syllables with this tone. Thus aʼ transcribes both /a᷇/ and /a᷇ʔ/. Full falling tone is unmarked, except for syllables with a final glottal stop, which is transcribed ,.

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

,

1. glottal stop (with falling lexical tone).

The punctuation mark is separated from the preceding word by a space.

Falling tone is otherwise unmarked. Glottal stop with other tones is low ⟨;⟩ and high ⟨ʼ⟩.