{{short description|Cyrillic letter}} {{Redirect-distinguish-text|Ӓ|the Latin letter Ä, the Slovak double acute letter A̋, or the double grave letter Ȁ}} {{multiple| {{Better sources needed|date=January 2026}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2026}} }} {{infobox grapheme |script = Cyrillic |type = Alphabet |typedesc = ic |name = A with diaeresis |image = Cyrillic letter A with Diaeresis.svg |imagesize = 120px |imagealt = |phonemes = [{{IPA link|æ}}], [{{IPA link|ɐ}}], [{{IPA link|j}}{{IPA link|a}}] |number = |fam1 = А а |letter = Ӓ ӓ }}
'''A with diaeresis''' (Ӓ ӓ; italics: <span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger">''Ӓ ӓ''</span>) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In all its forms it looks exactly like the Latin letter A with diaeresis (Ä ä <span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger">''Ä ä''</span>).
It is used in the Khanty, Kildin Sami, Ter Sami, and Hill Mari languages. Also, this letter was once used in the Gagauz language (which was substituted with {{angbr|аь}}).
It was used in the Bashkir language at the end of the 19th century. It corresponds to the Cyrillic letter schwa {{Angbr|ә}} in modern Bashkir.
This letter also appears in Bulgarian and Serbian in some of its dialects.
==Usage==
In Hill Mari and Gagauz this letter represents the near-open front unrounded vowel, {{IPA|/æ/}}.
In Kildin Sami and Ter Sami this letter represents the open back unrounded vowel {{IPA|/a/}} following a palatalized (sometimes also called "half-palatalized") velar nasal {{IPA|/nʲ/}} or one of the alveolar stops {{IPA|/tʲ/}} or {{IPA|/dʲ/}}.
In Khanty this letter represents the near-open central vowel {{IPA|/ɐ/}}.
Some languages represent as {{IPA|/ja/}}, like in letter "Я".{{Example needed|date=May 2022}}
A with diaeresis is used in some South Slavic languages, mainly in the Bulgarian and Serbian language to be used for easily shifting the accents in the above languages not only in declensions but elsewhere: {{lang|bg|брӓт}} or {{lang|bg|млāдä}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://lyudmilantonov.blogspot.com/2011/08/accent-in-bulgarian-dialects.html |title= Accent in Bulgarian dialects |date= October 25, 2012 |first=Lyudmila |last=Antonov}}{{Self-published source|date=January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://lyudmilantonov.blogspot.com/2009/05/bulgarian-dialects-bulgarian-balgarski.html | title= Bulgarian dialects | date= May 9, 2013 |first=Lyudmila |last=Antonov}}{{self-published source|date=January 2026}}</ref>
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==Computing codes==
{{charmap |04D2|name1=Cyrillic Capital Letter<br />A with Diaeresis |04D3|name2=Cyrillic Small Letter<br />A with Diaeresis }}
==Related characters== *A a : Latin letter A *Ä ä : Latin letter A with diaeresis - an Estonian, Finnish, German, Luxembourgish, Slovak and Swedish letter *А а : Cyrillic A *Ææ : Ash *Ææ : AE ligature (Cyrillic) *Αα : Alpha
==References== {{Reflist}}
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