Á

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Á, á (a-acute) is a letter of the Czech, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Slovak and Sámi languages. This letter also appears in Dutch, Galician, Irish, Occitan, Portuguese, Spanish, Lakota, Navajo, and 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, and Blackfoot.

Usage in various languages

Chinese

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

Irish

In Irish, á is called "a fada" (long a), pronounced [/ɑː/] and appears in words such as slán (goodbye).

Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak

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

Faroese

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

Icelandic

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

Portuguese

The á is not part of the 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 /a/ or /aː/.

Scottish Gaelic

Á was once used in Scottish, but has now been largely superseded by "à".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 the "á" is not considered a letter, but used to distinguish between words pronounced identically but having different meanings, e.g. Spanish: mas (but) and Spanish: más (more).

Vietnamese

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

Character mappings

Charset	HTML	Unicode	ISO 8859-1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16
Majuscule Á	Á	U+00C1	C1
Minuscule á	á	U+00E1	E1

See also

• Acute accent
• À

External links

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

The ISO basic Latin alphabet
Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd	Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj	Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp	Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz
Letter A with diacritics
Áá	Àà	Ăă	Ắắ	Ằằ	Ẵẵ	Ẳẳ	Ââ	Ấấ	Ầầ	Ẫẫ	Ẩẩ	Ǎǎ	Åå	Ǻǻ	Ää	Ǟǟ	Ãã	Ȧȧ	Ǡǡ	Ąą	Āā	Ảả	Ȁȁ	Ȃȃ	Ạạ
Ặặ	Ậậ	Ḁḁ	Ⱥⱥ	ᶏ	Ɐɐ	Ɑɑ
Letters using acute accent ( ◌́ )
Áá	Ǽǽ	Ćć	Éé	Ǵǵ	Í í	Ḱḱ	Ĺĺ	Ḿḿ	Ńń	Óó	Ǿǿ	Ṕṕ	Ŕŕ	Śś	Úú	Ẃẃ	Ýý	Źź
Related
History Palaeography Derivations Diacritics Punctuation Numerals Unicode List of letters ISO/IEC 646