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A with tilde(majuscule:Ã,minuscule:ã) is a letter of theLatin Alpha betformed by addition of thetildediacriticover the letterA.It is used inPortuguese,Guaraní,Kashubian,[2]Taa,Aromanian,andVietnamese.In the past, it was also used inGreenlandic.
| A with tilde | |
|---|---|
| Ã ã | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Language of origin | Portuguese Guaraní Kashubian Taa Aromanian Vietnamese Greenlandic(obsolete) Hindi[1] |
| InUnicode | U+00C3, U+00E3 |
| History | |
| Time period | 16th century to present |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Usage
editInPortuguese,it represents anasalnear-open central vowel([ɐ̃]), though it varies fromnear-opentomid-central vowelaccording to dialect. It also appears as a part of the diphthongsãe,pronounced as /ɐ̃j̃/, andão,pronounced as /ɐ̃w̃/.
InKashubian,the letter is generally pronounced asnasalizedopen front unrounded vowel([ã]). In the dialect present incountiesofPuckandWejherowo,it is pronounced asnasalizedopen-mid front unrounded vowel([ɛ̃]). Its the 3rd letter of theKashubian Alpha bet.[2]
InGuaraníandTaa,it is pronounced asnasalizedopen front unrounded vowel([ã]).
InAromanian,it is pronounced asmid-central vowel([ə]) orclose central unrounded vowel([ɨ]).
InVietnamese,it is pronounced aslongopen front unrounded vowel([aː]) in a high breaking-risingtone.
It is also used as a phonetic symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet,where its lower case (ã), represents thenasalizedopen front unrounded vowel.
Formerly, the letter was also used in theGreenlandicto representlongopen front unrounded vowel([aː]) next to ageminatedconsonant, but now it is replaced with Aa.
The letter is also used inBelter Creole,aconstructed languagemade byNick FarmerforThe Expansetelevision sci-fi series. In the language, it represents thenasalizednear-open front unrounded vowel([æ̃]) sound, for example in the wordshãsa,which meanschance.
Encoding
edit| Preview | Ã | ã | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE | LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 195 | U+00C3 | 227 | U+00E3 |
| UTF-8 | 195 131 | C3 83 | 195 163 | C3 A3 |
| Numeric character reference | Ã |
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| Named character reference | Ã | ã | ||
| EBCDICfamily | 102 | 66 | 70 | 46 |
| ISO 8859-1/4/9/10/14/15 | 195 | C3 | 227 | E3 |
References
edit- ^"Hindi Alpha bet, pronunciation and language".
- ^abÙchwôlënk nr 7/RKJ/10 z dnia 06.07.2010 r. w sprawie szëkù kaszëbsczégò abécadła,Biuletin Radzëznë Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka. 2010, p. 115.