thumb|Latin letter A with diaeresis Ä (lowercase: ä) is a character that represents either a letter from several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter A with an umlaut mark or diaeresis. It is used mainly in Northern European and Central Asian languages. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it is sometimes used to represent the open central unrounded vowel.
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Ä is the letter A with a special mark called a diaeresis or umlaut placed above it, and it appears in various extended Latin alphabets used in Northern European and Central Asian languages. In linguistic notation, it can represent a specific vowel sound known as the open central unrounded vowel.
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- General usage
- Nordic Countries
- Emilian
- Common Turkic Alphabet
- Kazakh
- Tatar
- Cyrillic
- Umlaut-A
- Phonetic alphabets
- Typography
- Computer use
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Latin letter A with diaeresis Ä (lowercase: ä) is a character that represents either a letter from several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter A with an umlaut mark or diaeresis. It is used mainly in Northern European and Central Asian languages. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it is sometimes used to represent the open central unrounded vowel.
==General usage== thumb|Sign of Stäket, a residential area in [[Järfälla Municipality, Sweden]]