This article is about the Latin letter. For the similar Greek letter, see Alpha. For the similar Cyrillic letter, see A (Cyrillic). For other uses, see A (disambiguation).
For technical reasons, "A#" redirects here. For A-sharp, see A-sharp.
A
A a
Usage
Writing system
Latin script
Type
Alphabetic
Language of origin
Latin language
Phonetic usage
[a]
[ɑ]
[ɒ]
[æ]
[ə]
[ɛ]
[oː]
[ɔ]
[e]
[ʕ]
[ʌ] [ɐ]
/eɪ/
Unicode codepoint
U+0041, U+0061
Alphabetical position
1
History
Development
Α α
𐌀
A a
Time period
c. 700 BCE – present
Descendants
Æ
Ä
Â
Ɑ
Ʌ
Ɐ
ª
Å
₳
@
Ⓐ
ⓐ
⒜
🅰
Sisters
𐌰
А
Я
Ә
Ӑ
אاܐ
ࠀ
𐎀
ℵ
አ
ء
Ա ա
અ
अ
অ
Other
Other letters commonly used with
a(x), ae, eau, au
Writing direction
Left-to-right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet,[1][2] used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is a (pronounced /ˈeɪ/AY), plural aes.[nb 1][2]
It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives.[3] The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey ⟨a⟩ and single-storey ⟨ɑ⟩. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type.
In English, a is the indefinite article, with the
alternative form an.
^"Latin alphabet". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ abSimpson & Weiner 1989, p. 1.
^McCarter 1974, p. 54.
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