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Unreferenced|date=March 2012redirect|A'|the album by Afrirampo|A' (album)Unicode| Á , á ( a - acute accent|acute ) is a letter of the Czech language|Czech , Faroese language|Faroese , Hungarian language|Hungarian , Icelandic language|Icelandic , Slovak language|Slovak and Sami languages|Sámi languages. This letter also appears in Dutch language|Dutch , Galician language|Galician , Irish language|Irish , Occitan language|Occitan , Portuguese language|Portuguese , Spanish language|Spanish , Lakota language|Lakota , Navajo language|Navajo , and Vietnamese language|Vietnamese as a variant of the letter “ a ”. Some writers use á incorrectly to denote a quantity, often used on receipts, e.g. "5 apples á $1", when it actually should be "5 apples à $1" (one dollar each, which would amount to 5 dollars total). This letter also appears in Arin language|Arin , and Blackfoot language|Blackfoot .
Usage in various languages
Chinese
In Chinese pinyin á is the yángpíng tone (??, high-rising tone) of “a”.
Irish
In Irish language|Irish , á is called " a fada " ( long a ), pronounced IPA-ga|/??/| and appears in words such as slán (goodbye).
Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak
Á is the 2nd letter of the Czech language|Czech , Hungarian language|Hungarian and Slovak language s and represents IPA|/a?/.
Faroese
Á is the 2nd letter of the Faroese alphabet and represents IPA|/?/ or IPA|/?a?/.
Icelandic
Á is the 2nd letter of the Icelandic alphabet and represents IPA|/au?/ (as in "ow").
Portuguese
The á is not part of the Portuguese language|Portuguese alphabet, but represents the letter "a" with an acute accent . It is generally used to denote an "a" syllable with abnormal stress. Its pronunciation is very similar to IPA|/a/ or IPA|/a?/.
Scottish Gaelic
Á was once used in Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish , but has now been largely superseded by "à". It can still be seen in certain writings, but it is no longer used in standard orthography.
Spanish
In Spanish, á is an accented letter, pronounced just like "a" is. Both á and a sound like /a/. The accent indicates the stressed syllable in words with irregular stress patterns. It can also to "break up" a diphthong or to distinguish words that would otherwise be spelled alike, although this does not happen with á, because a is a strong vowel and does not usually become a semivowel in a diphthong. See Diacritic and Acute accent for more details.
Vietnamese
In the Vietnamese alphabet , á is the s?c tone (high-rising tone) of "a."
Character mappings
1 , ISO 8859-2
Unicode>Á
Minuscule Unicode
See also
Acute accent
À
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
* http://www.omniglot.com/writing/saami.htm Sámi languages
Latin alphabet DEFAULTSORT:A Category:Specific letter-diacritic combinations|A-acute
