Translingual[edit]
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ㄚ
- type: monophthong rhyme
- general transliteration: a
- keyboard key: 8
Descendants[edit]
Chinese[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
Derived from 丫 (yā) (Mandarin: yā), "fork".
Etymology[edit]
Derived from 丫 (yā) (Mandarin: yā), "fork".
Pronunciation[edit]
- 22nd letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
- 31st letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet
Phoneme[edit]
- (general) Sound IPA(key): /ä/ help (Pinyin: a), which is commonly present in Chinese.
- (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA(key): /ˀä/ help (Pinyin: a)
- (Mazu dialect if pronounced with the 1st, 2nd, 5th, or 8th tone) Sound IPA(key): /a/ (Pinyin: a).
- (Miao dialect, Mazu dialect if pronounced with the 3rd, 4th, or 7th tone) Sound IPA(key): /ɑ/ (Pinyin: a).
- (Hokkien when in a syllable that starts with a nasal consonant (ㄇ, ㄋ, ㄫ, or ㄬ)) Sound IPA(key): /ã/ (Pinyin: ai)
References[edit]
Northern Qiandong Miao[edit]
- 31st letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.
Phoneme[edit]
- sound IPA(key): /a/ (Hutton): a
References[edit]
- Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198