ɑ

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

ɑ U+0251, ɑ LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA ← ɐ [U+0250] IPA Extensions ɒ → [U+0252]

Character variations

ᵅ U+1D45, ᵅ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL ALPHA ← ᵄ [U+1D44] Phonetic Extensions ᵆ → [U+1D46]

In early-IPA, non-IPA phonetic transcription, and orthographic use in Medumba and other languages, the letter may have its Greek form.

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

• IPA:

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Symbol

ɑ

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

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter A):   Áá  Àà  Ââ  Ǎǎ  Ăă  Ãã  Ảả  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ää  Åå  Ḁḁ  Āā  Ąą  ᶏ  Ⱥⱥ  Ȁȁ  Ấấ  Ầầ  Ẫẫ  Ẩẩ  Ậậ  Ắắ  Ằằ  Ẵẵ  Ẳẳ  Ặặ  Ǻǻ  Ǡǡ  Ǟǟ  Ȁȁ  Ȃȃ  Ɑɑ  ᴀ  Ɐɐ  ɒ  Ａａ Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜳꜳ  Ꜵꜵ  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ
• Α (A) (alpha)
• Turned: ɒ

Cross River Mbembe

Letter

ɑ (lowercase, uppercase Ɑ)

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

Fe'fe'

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

Letter

ɑ (lowercase, uppercase Ɑ)

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

Medumba

Letter

ɑ (lowercase, uppercase Ɑ)

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