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This article is about the Latin letter. For other uses, see A (disambiguation).
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A
A a
(See below)
Writing cursive forms of A
Usage
Writing system Latin script
Type Alphabet
Language of origin Latin language
Phonetic usage
[a]
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[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[o ]
[ ]
[e]
[ ]
[/ /]
/e /
Unicode codepoint U+0041, U+0061
Alphabetical position 1
History
Development
F1
Proto-Sinaitic 'alp
Proto-Caanite Aleph
Phoenician Aleph

Greek Classical uncial
Early Latin ALatin 300 AD uncial, version 1
A a
Time period ~-700 to present
Descendants









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Variations (See below)
Other
Other letters commonly used with a(x), ae, eau
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
ISO basic
Latin alphabet
AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZ
z
vte
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet,[1][2] used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is a (pronounced / e /), plural aes.[nb 1] 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 . 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 grammar, "a", and its variant