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the diphthong /eɪ/ as in ace and significant, typically when ⟨a⟩ is accompanied by a person, or often two, consonants then Yet another vowel letter—this final results from Middle English lengthening followed by The nice Vowel ChangeDuring the International Phonetic Alphabet, ⟨a⟩ is useful for the open front unrounded vowel, ⟨ä⟩ is u