Á

(a-acute) is a letter of the Czech, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, and Slovak languages. This letter also appears in Irish, Occitan, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese as a variant of the letter “a”.

Usage in various languages

Chinese

In Chinese pinyin á is the "yángpíng" tone (阳平, high-rising tone) of “a”.

Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak

Á is the 2nd letter of the Hungarian alphabet, Czech alphabet, and Slovak alphabet and represents IPA|/aː/.

Faroese

Á is the 2nd letter of the Faroese alphabet and represents IPA|/ɔ/ or IPA|/ɔaː/.

Icelandic

Á is the 2nd letter of the Icelandic alphabet and represents IPA|/au̯/ (as in "ow").

Vietnamese

In the Vietnamese alphabet, á is the "sắc" tone (high-rising tone) of “a”.

Character mappings

ee also

*Acute accent

External links

* [http://www.omniglot.com/ Omniglot - writing systems & languages of the world]
** [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/czech.htm Czech language]
** [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/faroese.htm Faroese language]
** [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hungarian.htm Hungarian language]
** [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/icelandic.htm Icelandic language]
** [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/slovak.htm Slovak language]