ȃ

See also: Ȃ and Appendix:Variations of "a"

ȃ U+0203, ȃ LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH INVERTED BREVE Composition: a [U+0061] + ◌̑ [U+0311] ← Ȃ [U+0202] Latin Extended-B Ȅ → [U+0204]

Slovene

Etymology

Letter a with inverted breve ◌̑ to signify long high-pitched vowel.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /áː/, [âː]
• (symbol name): IPA^(key): /t͡sirkumflɛktíːrani àː/, /t͡sirkumflɛktíːrani áː/ cirkumflektirani a
• Rhymes: -aː

Symbol

ȃ

1. (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [áː].

Usage notes

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

See also

• a
• á
• à
• ā
• ȁ