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    A> is the thirdmostcommonly used letter in English (after e> and t> ), and the second most common in Spanish and French. The letter represents seven different vowel sounds in modern English orthography.

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    A> is the thirdmostcommonly used letter in English (after e> and t> ), and the second most common in Spanish and French. The letter represents seven different vowel sounds in modern English orthography.

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    A> is the thirdmostcommonly used letter in English (after e> and t> ), and the second most common in Spanish and French. The letter represents seven different vowel sounds in modern English orthography.

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    Furtherinformation:PronunciationofEnglisha
    InmodernEnglishorthography,theletterarepresentssevendifferentvowelsounds:
    thenearopenfrontunroundedvowel//asinpad
    theopenbackunroundedvowel//asinfather,whichisclosertoitsoriginalLatinandGreeksound[4]
    thediphthong/e/asinaceandmajor(usuallywhenaisfollowedbyone,oroccasionallytwo,
    consonantsandthenanothervowelletter)thisresultsfromMiddleEnglishlengtheningfollowedby
    theGreatVowelShift
    themodifiedformoftheabovesoundthatoccursbeforer,asinsquareandMary
    theroundedvowelofwater
    theshorterroundedvowel(notpresentinGeneralAmerican)inwasandwhat[3]
    aschwa,inmanyunstressedsyllables,asinabout,comma,solar.
    ThedoubleaasequencedoesnotoccurinnativeEnglishwords,butisfoundinsomewordsderivedfrom
    foreignlanguagessuchasAaronandaardvark.[6]However,aoccursinmanycommondigraphs,allwith
    theirownsoundorsounds,particularlyai,au,aw,ay,eaandoa.
    aisthethirdmostcommonlyusedletterinEnglish(aftereandt),[7]andthesecondmostcommonin
    SpanishandFrench.Inonestudy,onaverage,about3.68%oflettersusedinEnglishtextstendtobea,
    whilethenumberis6.22%inSpanishand3.95%inFrench.[8]

    Otherlanguages
    InmostlanguagesthatusetheLatinalphabet,adenotesanopenunroundedvowel,suchas/a/,//,or/
    /.AnexceptionisSaanich,inwhicha(andtheglyph)standsforaclosemidfrontunroundedvowel/e/.

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