A (Cyrillic)
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Through history the Cyrillic letter А has had various shapes, but today is standardised on one that looks exactly like the Latin letter A, including the [[Italic type|italic]] forms. | Through history the Cyrillic letter А has had various shapes, but today is standardised on one that looks exactly like the Latin letter A, including the [[Italic type|italic]] forms. | ||
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==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
In most languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet – such as [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]], [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] and [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] – the Cyrillic letter A represents an [[open front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|/a/}}. | In most languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet – such as [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]], [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] and [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] – the Cyrillic letter A represents an [[open front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|/a/}}. | ||
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| Cyrillic alphabet | ||||||
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| А | Б | В | Г | Ґ | Д | Ђ |
| Ѓ | Е | Ѐ | Ё | Є | Ж | З |
| Ѕ | И | Ѝ | І | Ї | Й | Ј |
| К | Л | Љ | М | Н | Њ | О |
| П | Р | С | Т | Ћ | Ќ | У |
| Ў | Ф | Х | Ц | Ч | Џ | Ш |
| Щ | Ъ | Ы | Ь | Э | Ю | Я |
| Non-Slavic letters | ||||||
| Ӑ | Ӓ | Ә | Ӛ | Ӕ | Ғ | Ҕ |
| Ӻ | Ӷ | Ԁ | Ԃ | Ӗ | Ӂ | Җ |
| Ӝ | Ԅ | Ҙ | Ӟ | Ԑ | Ӡ | Ԇ |
| Ӣ | Ҋ | Ӥ | Қ | Ӄ | Ҡ | Ҟ |
| Ҝ | Ԟ | Ԛ | Ӆ | Ԓ | Ԡ | Ԉ |
| Ԕ | Ӎ | Ӊ | Ң | Ӈ | Ҥ | Ԣ |
| Ԋ | Ӧ | Ө | Ӫ | Ҩ | Ҧ | Ҏ |
| Ԗ | Ҫ | Ԍ | Ҭ | Ԏ | Ӯ | Ӱ |
| Ӳ | Ү | Ұ | Ҳ | Ӽ | Ӿ | Һ |
| Ҵ | Ҷ | Ӵ | Ӌ | Ҹ | Ҽ | Ҿ |
| Ӹ | Ҍ | Ӭ | Ԙ | Ԝ | Ӏ | |
| Archaic letters | ||||||
| Ҁ | Ѻ | Ѹ | Ѡ | Ѿ | Ѣ | Ꙓ |
| Ꙗ | Ѥ | Ѧ | Ѫ | Ѩ | Ѭ | Ѯ |
| Ѱ | Ѳ | Ѵ | Ѷ | Ꙟ | ||
| List of Cyrillic letters | ||||||
| Cyrillic digraphs | ||||||
A (А, а; italics А, а) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet.
It commonly represents an open front unrounded vowel /a/.
In the romanization systems for the Russian, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian languages it is romanized using the Latin letter A.
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History
The Cyrillic letter A was derived directly from the Greek letter Alpha (Α, α).
In the Early Cyrillic alphabet its name was азъ (azǔ), meaning 'I'.
In the Cyrillic numeral system, the Cyrillic letter A had a value of 1.
Form
Through history the Cyrillic letter А has had various shapes, but today is standardised on one that looks exactly like the Latin letter A, including the italic forms.
Usage
In most languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet – such as Russian, Serbian, Macedonian and Bulgarian – the Cyrillic letter A represents an open front unrounded vowel /a/.
It is also used in the Ingush and Chechen languages to represent /ɑ/ and /ə/.
