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From Middle English and Old English lower case letter a and split of Middle English and Old English lower case letter æ.
Old English lower case letter a from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case letter a of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚪ (a), “‘āc’”), derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a), “‘Ansuz’”).
Old English lower case letter æ from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case ligature æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ), “‘æsc’”), also derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a), “‘Ansuz’”).a (lower case, upper case A)
In English, the letter a by usually denotes the near-open front unrounded vowel (IPA: /æ/), as in pad, the open back unrounded vowel (IPA: /ɑː/) as in father, or, followed by another vowel, the diphthong IPA: /eɪ/, as in ace.
a is the third-most common letter in English.
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