A
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is a (pronounced AY), plural aes. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives.
Extends: [ISO basic Latin letters](https://wikipedia.org.ai/ISO basic Latin letters), [Vowel letters](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Vowel letters)
Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Letter | Text | A a |
| Script | Text | Latin script |
| Typedesc | Text | ic |
| Language | Text | Latin language |
| Unicode | Text | U+0041, U+0061 |
| Alphanumber | Text | 1 |
| Fam2 | Text | Proto-semiticA-01.svg |
| Fam3 | Text | Protoalef.svg |
| Fam4 | Text | Phoenician_aleph.svg |
| Fam5 | Text | Α α |
| Fam6 | Text | 𐌀 |
| Fam7 | Text | Semitic-2.jpgLatin-uncial-1.jpg |
| Usageperiod | Text | c. 700 BCE – present |
| Associates | Text | a(x), ae, eau, au |
| Direction | Text | Left-to-right |
| Image | Text | Latin_letter_A.svg |
| Imageclass | Text | skin-invert-image |