Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Letter ա (a) with line in top, perhaps meant to represent a tilde.

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

ա̄ (ã)

  1. A letter used in Armenian dialectology. Represents the nasalized open back unrounded vowel: [ɑ̃]. Transliterated as ã. Found in Nicomedia dialect.

See also edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1911) Hay barbaṙagitutʿiwn. Uruagic ew dasaworutʿiwn hay barbaṙneri (barbaṙagitakan kʿartēsov) [Armenian dialectology: A sketch and classification of Armenian dialects (with a dialect map)] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 8) (in Armenian), Moscow and Nor Nakhichevan: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 242