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Á, á ( a- acute) is a letter of the Chinese (Pinyin), Blackfoot, Czech, Dobrujan Tatar, Dutch, Faroese, Filipino, Galician, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Karakalpak, Lakota, Navajo, Occitan, Portuguese, Sámi, Slovak, Spanish, Vietnamese, Welsh and Western Apache languages as a variant of the letter a. It is sometimes confused with à; e.g. "5 pommes á €1", which is supposed to be written as "5 pommes à €1" (meaning "5 apples at 1 euro each" in French). Usage in various languages Chinese In Chinese pinyin á is the ''yángpíng'' tone ( 陽平/ 阳平 "high-rising tone") of "a". Czech Á is the 2nd letter of the Czech language and represents the sound . Dobrujan Tatar Á is the 2nd letter of the Dobrujan Tatar alphabet, represents the near-low unrounded ATR or soft vowel /æ/ as in "sáát" ̶ææt̶'hour', 'clock'. Dutch In Dutch, the Á is used to put emphasis on an "a", either in a long "a" form like in ''háár'' ("hair"), or in a short form lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Letter A With Acute
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language in the Italian Peninsula and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. It has greatly influenced many languages, including English, having contributed many words to the English lexicon, particularly after the Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest. Latin roots appear frequently in the technical vocabulary used by fields such as theology, the sciences, medicine, and law. By the late Roman Republic, Old Latin had evolved into standardized Classical Latin. Vulgar Latin refers to the less prestigious colloquial registers, attested in inscriptions and some literary works such as those of the comic playwrights Plautus and Terence and the author Petronius. While often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
