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Latin alpha
Latin letter similar to Alpha / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Latin alpha (majuscule: Ɑ, minuscule: ɑ), script a, or single-story a is a letter of the Latin alphabet based on one lowercase form of a, or on the Greek lowercase alpha (α).
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Latin alpha | |
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Ɑ ɑ | |
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Usage | |
Writing system | Latin script |
Type | alphabetic |
Language of origin | International Phonetic Alphabet, General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages |
Sound values | [ɑ] |
In Unicode | U+2C6D, U+0251 |
History | |
Development | |
Time period | 1890s to present |
Sisters | A, Ɒ |
Other | |
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. |
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