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Abaza • Abkhaz • Adyghe • Aghul • Alutor • Archi • Avar • Azerbaijani • Bashkir • Belarusian • Budukh • Bulgarian • Buryat • Carpathian Rusyn • Chechen • Chukchi • Chuvash • Dargwa • Dolgan • Dungan • Eastern Khanty • Eastern Mari • Even • Evenki • Forest Enets • Hunzib • Ingush • Itelmen • Judeo-Tat • Kabardian • Kalmyk • Karachay-Balkar • Karakalpak • Kazakh • Khinalug • Kildin Sami • Komi-Zyrian • Kyrgyz • Lak • Lezgi • Macedonian • Moksha • Mongolian • Nanai • Nganasan • Nivkh • Northern Khanty • Northern Mansi • Northern Yukaghir • Old Church Slavonic • Orok • Ossetian • Pannonian Rusyn • Romanian • Russian • Rutul • Saba • Serbo-Croatian • Shor • Tabasaran • Tajik • Talysh • Tatar • Tindi • Tsez • Tundra Nenets • Tuvan • Udmurt • Ukrainian • Urum • Uyghur • Uzbek • Wakhi • Western Mari • Yagnobi • Yakut
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Letter
А (lower case а)
- A letter of the Cyrillic script, called a.
Letter
А (lower case а)
- A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called az or azu.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Abaza alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гв гв, Гъ гъ, Гъв гъв, Гъь гъь, Гь гь, Гӏ гӏ, Гӏв гӏв, Д д, Дж дж, Джв джв, Джь джь, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жв жв, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Кв кв, Къ къ, Къв къв, Къь къь, Кь кь, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏв кӏв, Кӏь кӏь, Л л, Ль ль, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тл тл, Тш тш, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хв хв, Хъ хъ, Хъв хъв, Хь хь, Хӏ хӏ, Хӏв хӏв, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чв чв, Чӏ чӏ, Чӏв чӏв, Ш ш, Шв шв, Шӏ шӏ, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гь гь, Гә гә, Ӷ ӷ, Ӷь ӷь, Ӷә ӷә, Д д, Дә дә, Е е, Ж ж, Жь жь, Жә жә, З з, Ӡ ӡ, Ӡә ӡә, И и, К к, Кь кь, Кә кә, Қ қ, Қь қь, Қә қә, Ҟ ҟ, Ҟь ҟь, Ҟә ҟә, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Ԥ ԥ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тә тә, Ҭ ҭ, Ҭә ҭә, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хь хь, Хә хә, Ҳ ҳ, Ҳә ҳә, Ц ц, Цә цә, Ҵ ҵ, Ҵә ҵә, Ч ч, Ҷ ҷ, Ҽ ҽ, Ҿ ҿ, Ш ш, Шь шь, Шә шә, Ы ы, Ҩ ҩ, Џ џ, Џь џь, Ь ь, Ә ә
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Гъу гъу, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Дзу дзу, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жъ жъ, Жъу жъу, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ку ку, Къ къ, Къу къу, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏу кӏу, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Пӏу пӏу, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, Тӏу тӏу, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Хъу хъу, Хь хь, Ц ц, Цу цу, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чӏ чӏ, Чъ чъ, Ш ш, Шъ шъ, Шъу шъу, Шӏ шӏ, Шӏу шӏу, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ӏу ӏу
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Aghul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гъ гъ, Гь гь, Гӏ гӏ, Д д, Дж дж, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Кк кк, Къ къ, Кь кь, Кӏ кӏ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пп пп, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тт тт, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Уь уь, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Хь хь, Хӏ хӏ, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чч чч, Чӏ чӏ, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, ӏ ӏ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я
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А (А) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Alutor alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Archi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Аа аа, Аӏ аӏ, Ааӏ ааӏ, Ы ы, Б б, В в, Г г, Гв гв, Гь гь, Гъ гъ, Гъв гъв, Гъӏ гъӏ, Гъӏв гъӏв, Гӏ гӏ, Д д, Е е, Ее ее, Еӏ еӏ, Ж ж, Жв жв, З з, Зв зв, И и, Ии ии, Иӏ иӏ, Й й, К к, Кк кк, Кв кв, Ккв ккв, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏв кӏв, Къ къ, Къв къв, Ккъ ккъ, Къӏ къӏ, Ккъӏ ккъӏ, Къӏв къӏв, Ккъӏв ккъӏв, Кь кь, Кьв кьв, Л л, Лъ лъ, Ллъ ллъ, Лъв лъв, Ллъв ллъв, Лӏ лӏ, Лӏв лӏв, М м, Н н, О о, Оо оо, Оӏ оӏ, Ооӏ ооӏ, П п, Пп пп, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Сс сс, Св св, Т т, Тт тт, Тӏ тӏ, Тв тв, У у, Уу уу, Уӏ уӏ, Х х, Хх хх, Хв хв, Ххв ххв, Хӏ хӏ, Хьӏ хьӏ, Ххьӏ ххьӏ, Хьӏв хьӏв, Ххьӏв ххьӏв, Хъ хъ, Хъв хъв, Хъӏ хъӏ, Хъӏв хъӏв, Ц ц, Цв цв, Цӏ цӏ, Ццӏ ццӏ, Ч ч, Чв чв, Чӏ чӏ, Чӏв чӏв, Ш ш, Щ щ, Шв шв, Щв щв, Э э, Ээ ээ, Эӏ эӏ
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Avar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Budukh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called а (a), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Buryat alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Carpathian Rusyn alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (transliteration needed) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Chukchi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Chuvash alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Dargwa alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Dolgan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Dungan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Eastern Khanty alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Even alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Evenki alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (transliteration needed) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Forest Enets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (transliteration needed) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Hunzib alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (А̄ а̄, Аᵸ аᵸ), А̇ а̇ (А̇̄ а̇̄, А̇ᵸ а̇ᵸ), Б б, В в, Г г, ГЪ гъ, ГЬ гь, Гӏ гӏ, Д д, Е е (Е̄ е̄, Еᵸ еᵸ), Ә ә (Ә̄ ә̄, Әᵸ әᵸ), Ж ж, З з, И и (Ӣ ӣ, Иᵸ иᵸ), Й й, К к, КЪ къ, КЬ кь, Кӏ кӏ, Л л, ЛЪ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о (О̄ о̄, Оᵸ оᵸ), П п, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, У у (Ӯ ӯ, Уᵸ уᵸ), Х х, ХЪ хъ, ХЬ хь, Хӏ хӏ, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чӏ чӏ, Ш ш, Ъ ъ, Ы ы (Ы̄ ы̄), Э э (Э̄ э̄, Эᵸ эᵸ)
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Ingush alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (transliteration needed) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Itelmen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Judeo-Tat alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Э э, Б б, В в, Г г, Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Гъу гъу, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ку ку, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏу кӏу, Къ къ, Къу къу, Кхъ кхъ, Кхъу кхъу, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Ф ф, Фӏ фӏ, Х х, Ху ху, Хь хь, Хъ хъ, Хъу хъу, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Щӏ щӏ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ӏу ӏу
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Kalmyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Karachay-Balkar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Karakalpak alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Khinalug alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, А̃ а̃, Аь аь, Б б, В в, Г г, Гъ гъ, Гӏ гӏ, Гӏв гӏв, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Е е, Е̃ е̃, Ж ж, З з, И и, И̃ и̃, Й й, К к, Кв кв, Кк кк, Кх кх, Кхв кхв, Кхкх кхкх, Къв къв, Кь кь, Кьӏ кьӏ, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏв кӏв, Л л, Лъ лъ, М м, Н н, О о, О̃ о̃, Оь оь, П п, Пв пв, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тт тт, Тӏ тӏ, Тӏв тӏв, Тӏтӏ тӏтӏ, У у, У̃ у̃, Уь уь, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Хъв хъв, Хь хь, Хӏ хӏ, ӏ, ӏ ъ, Ц ц, Цв цв, Цц цц, Цӏ цӏ, Цӏв цӏв, Ч ч, Чч чч, Чӏ чӏ, Чӏв чӏв, Ш ш, Шв шв, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Э э, Ә ә, Ә̃ ә̃
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Kildin Sami alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, А̄ а̄, Ӓ ӓ, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Е̄ е̄, Ё ё, Ё̄ ё̄, Ж ж, З з, Һ һ, ʼ, И и, Ӣ ӣ, Й й, Ј ј, Ҋ ҋ, К к, Л л, Ӆ ӆ, М м, Ӎ ӎ, Н н, Ӊ ӊ, Ӈ ӈ, О о, О̄ о̄, П п, Р р, Ҏ ҏ, С с, Т т, У у, Ӯ ӯ, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Ҍ ҍ, Э э, Э̄ э̄, Ӭ ӭ, Ю ю, Ю̄ ю̄, Я я, Я̄ я̄
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Komi-Zyrian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called а (a), and written in the Cyrillic script.
Usage notes
The pronunciation of the phoneme as /a/ only occurs in Persian loanwords with a front vowel later in the word in some dialects. In most dialects, this is indistinct from /ɑ/.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Lak alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Lezgi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а) (italics: А, а)
- The first letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Moksha alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called а (a), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Nanai alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Nganasan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Nivkh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Northern Khanty alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Northern Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Northern Yukaghir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- A letter of the Old Church Slavonic alphabet, called азъ (azŭ), and written in the Old Cyrillic script.
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- (Old Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е (Є є), Ж ж, Ѕ ѕ (Ꙃ ꙃ), З з (Ꙁ ꙁ), И и, І і (Ї ї), Ꙉ ꙉ, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Оу оу (Ꙋ ꙋ), Ф ф, Х х, Ѡ ѡ (Ѿ ѿ), Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ꙑ ꙑ, Ь ь, Ѣ ѣ, Ꙗ ꙗ, Ѥ ѥ, Ю ю, Ѫ ѫ, Ѭ ѭ, Ѧ ѧ (Ꙙ ꙙ), Ѩ ѩ (Ꙝ ꙝ), Ѯ ѯ, Ѱ ѱ, Ѳ ѳ, Ѵ ѵ, Ҁ ҁ
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Orok alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Pannonian Rusyn alphabet, called а (a), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Moldovan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Russian alphabet, called а (a), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (transliteration needed) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Rutul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Аӏ аӏ, Б б, В в, Г г, Гь гь, Гъ гъ, Гӏ гӏ, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Кь кь, Къ къ, Кӏ кӏ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Уь уь, Уӏ уӏ, Х х, Хь хь, Хъ хъ, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чӏ чӏ, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ыӏ ыӏ, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я
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А (upper case, lower case а, Latin spelling A)
- The first letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (transliteration needed) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Shor alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Tajik alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Talysh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (transliteration needed) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Tindi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (transliteration needed) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Tsez alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Tuvan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Udmurt alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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See Translingual section.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called а (a), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (transliteration needed) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Urum alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Wakhi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Western Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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А (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Yagnobi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Letter
А • (A) (upper case, lower case а)
- The first letter of the Yakut alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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