Ã/ã (a-tilde) is a letter used in some languages, generally considered a variant of the letter A.
In Portuguese, Ã/ã represents a nasal central unrounded vowel, [ɐ̃] (its exact height varies from open to mid according to dialect). The combination ãe represents the Diphthong [ɐ̃ĩ̯], and ão represents [ɐ̃ũ̯]. Because à is a typically Portuguese character, it is sometimes used as a symbol of the Portuguese language[citation needed].
This symbol is also used in the Aromanian, Guaraní, Kashubian and Vietnamese languages. In Vietnamese, it represents [aː] in a high breaking-rising tone. This also used in !Xóõ.
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, /ã/ stands for a nasal open unrounded vowel, found for example in the French words maman and Jean.
See also
| Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj | Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp | Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv | Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz | ||
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Letter A with diacritics
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Letters using tilde sign ( ◌̃ )
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| Ãã | Ẽẽ | Ĩ ĩ | Ññ | Õõ | P̃p̃ | Ũũ | Ṽṽ | Ỹỹ | ||||||||||||||||||
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