ա̄

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Letter ա (a) with line in top, perhaps meant to represent a tilde.

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

ա̄ (ã)

  1. A letter used in Armenian dialectology. Represents the nasalized open back unrounded vowel: [ɑ̃]. Transliterated as ã. Found in Nicomedia dialect.

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References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1911) Hay barbaṙagitutʻiwn. Uruagic ew dasaworutʻiwn hay barbaṙneri (barbaṙagitakan kʻartēsov) [Armenian dialectology: A sketch and classification of Armenian dialects (with a dialect map)] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 8) (in Armenian), Moscow and Nor Nakhichevan: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 242