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The /aː/ ("long A") was found in words such as face [faːs], and before /r/ in words such as scare [skaːr]. This long A was generally a result of Middle English open syllable lengthening. For a summary of the various developments in Old and Middle English that led to these vowels, see English historical vowel correspondences.
Note that some words contain an ae which may not be written æ because the etymology is not from the Greek -αι-or Latin -ae-diphthongs. These include: In instances of aer (starting or within a word) when it makes the sound IPA [ɛə]/[eə] (air). Comes from the Latin āër, Greek ἀήρ. When ae makes the diphthong / eɪ / (lay) or / aɪ ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Ligature of the Latin letters A and E This article is about the Latin-script ligature. For the Cyrillic letter, see Ӕ (Cyrillic). For the sound, see Near-open front unrounded vowel. For other uses, see AE (disambiguation). "Ash (character)" redirects here. Not to be confused with Ash ...
Note that a wavy glottis in this diagram indicates a voiced sound. The near-open front unrounded vowel, or near-low front unrounded vowel, [1] is a type of vowel sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is æ , a lowercase of the Æ ligature. Both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as "ash".
Until the 17th century, words like happy could end with the vowel of my (originally [iː], but it was diphthongised in the Great Vowel Shift), which alternated with a short i sound. (Many words spelt -ee, -ea, -ey once had the vowel of day; there is still alternation between that vowel and the happy vowel in words such as Sunday and Monday ...
Diagram of the changes in English vowels during the Great Vowel Shift. The Great Vowel Shift was a series of pronunciation changes in the vowels of the English language that took place primarily between the 1400s and 1600s [1] (the transition period from Middle English to Early Modern English), beginning in southern England and today having influenced effectively all dialects of English.
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The TRAP – BATH split is a vowel split that occurs mainly in Southern England English (including Received Pronunciation), Australian English, New Zealand English, Indian English, South African English and to a lesser extent in some Welsh English as well as older Northeastern New England English by which the Early Modern English phoneme /æ/ was lengthened in certain environments and ...