A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is a (pronounced ), plural aes.
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The letter "A" is the first letter of the Latin alphabet and the first vowel used in English and many other languages around the world. It matters because it's a fundamental building block of written communication, appearing at the start of countless words and serving as one of the basic symbols people learn when they begin to read and write.
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- class=skin-invert-image|20px|Early Latin Aclass=skin-invert-image|20px|Latin 300 AD uncial, version 1
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- a(x), ae, eau, au
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- Use in writing systems
- Pronunciation
- English
- Other languages
- Other systems
- Other uses
- Related characters
- Latin alphabet
- Derived signs, symbols and abbreviations
- Ancestor and sibling letters
- Other representations
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A (minuscule: a) is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is a (pronounced as in say), plural aes.
It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey |a| and single-storey |ɑ|. The latter form 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.