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ɑ U+0251, ɑ
LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA
ɐ
IPA Extensions ɒ
U+1D45, ᵅ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL ALPHA

Phonetic Extensions
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Translingual

Etymology

A Latin form of Greek α, formed by analogy with manuscript forms of Latin a. In the early years of the IPA, regular Greek ⟨α⟩ was used.

Pronunciation

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Symbol

ɑ

  1. (IPA) an open back unrounded vowel.
  2. (superscript ⟨ᵅ⟩, IPA) -coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo .

Fe'fe'

The letter Latin alpha with a lowercase Greek alpha shape, as in the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages

Letter

ɑ (upper case )

  1. A vowel letter with approximately the value of IPA ⟨ɑ⟩.

Usage notes

Although encoded in Unicode as a Latin letter, the form in the Feʼfeʼ alphabet is Greek, to avoid confusion in handwriting with the vowel letter a.

Mbembe

Letter

ɑ (upper case )

  1. A vowel letter with approximately the value of IPA ⟨ɑ⟩.

Usage notes

Although encoded as a Latin letter, the form in the Mbembe alphabet is Greek, to avoid confusion in handwriting with the vowel letter a.

See also