Á

Á, 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”.

[edit] Usage in various languages

[edit] Chinese

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

[edit] Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak

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

[edit] Faroese

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

[edit] Icelandic

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

[edit] Swedish

Though not in the alphabet, it is commonly used to describe price per piece, as in "120 SEK, á 12 SEK" (thus meaning ten pieces).

[edit] Vietnamese

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

[edit] Character mappings

[edit] See also

• Acute accent

[edit] External links

• Omniglot - writing systems & languages of the world
  • Czech language
  • Faroese language
  • Hungarian language
  • Icelandic language
  • Slovak language