A

A, alo a, nye ŋɔŋlɔdzesi gbãtɔ kple ablɔɖegbeɖiɖi gbãtɔ le Latin ŋɔŋlɔdzesiwo me,[1][2] si wozãna le egbegbe Eŋlisigbe me ŋɔŋlɔdzesiwo me, kple bubuwo le xexeame katã. Eƒe ŋkɔ le Eŋlisigbe me enye a (woyɔnae be /ˈeɪ/ AY), agbɔsɔsɔme si nye aes.[nb 1][2]

Eʋe alfabet
Unicode (hex)
majuscule: U+0041
minuscule: U+0061
A	B	D	Ɖ	Dz
E	Ɛ	F	Ƒ	G
Gb	Ɣ	H	I	K
Kp	L	M	N	Ny
Ŋ	O	Ɔ	P	R
S	T	Ts	U	V
Ʋ	W	X	Y	Z

Foiniketɔ Aleph

Eƒe nɔnɔme sɔ kple Blema Helagbe me ŋɔŋlɔdzesi alpha, si me woɖee tsoe.[3] Dzogoe etɔ̃ ƒe axa eve siwo le gbadzaa, siwo wotsɔ ati si le tsia dzi tso titina lae le ŋɔŋlɔdzesi gã la me. Zi geɖe la, woŋlɔa ŋɔŋlɔdzesi suea ɖe nɔnɔme eve dometɔ ɖeka me: dziƒoxɔ eve |a| kple dziƒoxɔ ɖeka dzi |ɑ|. Wozãa mamlɛtɔa zi geɖe le asinuŋɔŋlɔ kple ŋɔŋlɔdzesi siwo wotu ɖe edzi me, vevietɔ ŋɔŋlɔdzesi siwo woɖo be ɖeviwo naxlẽ, eye wokpɔnɛ le nuŋɔŋlɔ si woŋlɔ kple asi me hã.

Nyadzɔdzɔ

Helagbe me Alfa

A tɔgbui gbãtɔ si wonyae nye aleph—si nye Foiniketɔwo ƒe ŋɔŋlɔdzesiwo ƒe ŋɔŋlɔdzesi gbãtɔ[4]afisi wòtsi tre ɖi na gbegbɔgblɔ ƒe nutɔtrɔ [ʔ] le, elabena Foinikegbe zãa ŋɔŋlɔdzesi siwo nye xaxagbeɖiɖi ko. Le eƒe akpa aɖe la, aleph tɔgbui ate ŋu anye nyitsu ƒe ta ƒe nɔnɔmetata si le Sinaitɔwo ƒe nuŋɔŋlɔ gbãtɔ me[5] si dzi Egiptetɔwo ƒe nuŋɔŋlɔwo kpɔ ŋusẽ ɖo, si wowɔ abe ta si le dzogoe etɔ̃ me ene eye dzo eve keke.e,f.^[1]

Esi blema Helatɔwo va xɔ ŋɔŋlɔdzesiwo la, viɖe aɖeke menɔ wo ŋu na ŋɔŋlɔdzesi si tsi tre ɖi na gbegbɔgblɔ ƒe nutɔtrɔ oeyata wotrɔ asi le dzesi ŋu wòtsi tre ɖi na ablɔɖegbeɖiɖi /a/, eye wotsɔ ŋkɔ ma tɔgbe yɔ ŋɔŋlɔdzesi la be alfa. Le Helatɔwo ƒe nuŋɔŋlɔ gbãtɔ siwo woŋlɔ le ƒe alafa 8 lia D.M.Ŋ. Gake le Helagbe me ŋɔŋlɔdzesi siwo va emegbe me la, zi geɖe la, eɖi egbegbe fiadu ƒe nɔnɔme—togbɔ be woate ŋu ade vovototo nutoa me ŋɔŋlɔdzesi ƒomevi geɖe to afɔ ɖeka ƒe kpuie, alo dzogoe si dzi woɖo atitsoga ƒe fli la dzi hã.

Etruscantɔwo tsɔ Helagbe me ŋɔŋlɔdzesiwo va Italy Ƒukpo Afã dzi, eye wogblẽ ŋɔŋlɔdzesiwo ƒe nɔnɔme ɖi matrɔmatrɔ. Esime Romatɔwo xɔ Etruscantɔwo ƒe ŋɔŋlɔdzesiwo tsɔ ŋlɔ Latingbe la, woava zã nɔnɔme si do tso eme si wozã le Latingbe me ŋɔŋlɔdzesiwo me tsɔ ŋlɔ gbe bubu geɖewo, siwo dome Eŋlisigbe hã le.

Agbalẽtata ƒe vovototowo

Etruscantɔwo ƒe A

Glyphs ƒe nuŋɔŋlɔ aɖe

e Romatɔwo ƒe ɣeyiɣiwo me la, ŋɔŋlɔdzesi A ƒe nɔnɔme vovovo geɖe nɔ anyi. Gbãtɔe nye ŋkuɖodzinu alo lapidary ƒe atsyã, si wozãna ne wole nu ŋlɔm ɖe kpe alo nyadzɔdzɔgblɔmɔ̃ bubu siwo nɔa anyi ɖaa wu dzi. Atsyã aɖe hã nɔ anyi si wozãna tsɔ ŋlɔa nu gbesiagbe alo esiwo wozãna tsɔ ŋlɔa nu le viɖenu, si wowɔna ɖe anyigba siwo gblẽna wu dzi. Le alesi anyigba siawo gblẽna ta la, atsyã sia ƒe kpɔɖeŋu geɖe meli abe ŋkuɖodzinu tɔ ene o, gake cursive ƒomevi vovovowo ƒe kpɔɖeŋu geɖe gakpɔtɔ li siwo gakpɔtɔ li, abe majuscule cursive, minuscule cursive, kple semi-cursive ene nu suesuesuewo. Vovototowo hã nɔ anyi siwo nɔ domedome le ŋkuɖodzinu kple cursive ƒe atsyãwo dome. Vovototo siwo wonya dometɔ aɖewoe nye semi-uncial gbãtɔ, uncial, kple emegbe semi-uncial.[6]

1. Glyphs ƒe nuŋɔŋlɔ aɖe