A (Cyrillic)
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А (А а; italics: А а or А а; italics: А а) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents an open central unrounded vowel Script error: No such module "IPA"., halfway between the pronunciation of Template:Angle bracket in "cat" and "father". The Cyrillic letter А is romanized using the Latin letter A.
History
The Cyrillic letter А was derived directly from the Greek letter Alpha (Script error: No such module "Lang".). In the Early Cyrillic alphabet its name was Page Template:Script/styles slavonic.css has no content.азъ (azǔ), meaning the personal pronoun "I". In the Cyrillic numeral system, the Cyrillic letter А has a value of 1.
Form
Throughout history, the Cyrillic letter А has had various shapes, but today is standardized on one that looks exactly like the Latin letter A, including the italic and lower case forms.
Usage
In most languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet – such as Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, Macedonian and Montenegrin – the Cyrillic letter А represents the open central unrounded vowel Script error: No such module "IPA".. In Ingush and Chechen, the Cyrillic letter А represents both the open back unrounded vowel Script error: No such module "IPA". when stressed and the mid-central vowel Script error: No such module "IPA". when unstressed. In Turkic languages that use the Cyrillic script it represents the open back unrounded vowel Script error: No such module "IPA"., with the exception of Volga Tatar, in which it represents the open back rounded vowel Script error: No such module "IPA"., and Uzbek, in which it represents the near-open front unrounded vowel Script error: No such module "IPA".. In languages that contrast vowel length the letter can be written as a double vowel.[1] Script error: No such module "anchor".
Related letters and other similar characters
- A a : Latin letter A
- Á á : Latin letter A with acute
- Α α : Greek letter Alpha
- Ă ă : Latin letter A with breve
- Â â : Latin letter A with Circumflex
- Ā ā : Latin letter A with Macron
- Æ æ : Latin letter Ash
- À à : Latin letter A with grave
Computing codes
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See also
References
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External links
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