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Main sound category: Vowels
Sound category: open central unrounded vowel
IPA symbol: ä
Sounds in category: ä̃ˁː ä̃ˁ äˁː äˁ ä̰̃ ä̃ː ä̃ ä˞ ḁ̈ ä̰ äː ä̤ ä̆ ä
Occurs in 693 languages
That is in 140.85% of all languages
Occurs in: !Xu !Xu !Xu Neo-aramaic Archi !Xu Neo-aramaic Southern nambiquara Kashmiri Hindi-urdu Lakkia Ojibwa Navajo Chipewyan !Xu Urdu_Pakistan Urdu_Ohala Konkani Nepali Kashmiri Kurukh Irish Lakkia Bengali_Calcutta Panare Mixtec Maxakali Island carib Guahibo Mazatec Ocaina Cacua Paya Siona Auca Japreria Epena pedee Saliba Highland chinantec Ticuna Apinaye Mazahua Barasano Shiriana Cubeo Ache Bribri Huari Amahuaca Kaingang Warao Dakota Guarani Wapishana Siriono Navajo Cayuvava Bakairi Amuzgo Iranxe Southern nambiquara Paez Guajiro Karok Chipewyan Iate Yagua Tlapanec Jivaro Dogon Ewe Lelemi Mumuye Songhai Dan Akan Igbo Doayo Nama Kpan Kpelle Mbum Sango !Xu Vanimo Lua Beembe Alladian Ga Klao Bambara Nambakaengo Gbeya Azande Bobo-fing Fasu Senadi Dadibi Kolokuma ijo Bariba NepaliOH Bengali_PW Ik Sedang Southern nambiquara Yucatec Dinka Abipon Mien Lai Lak Kashmiri German Selkup Khmu? Tulu Kurdish Adzera Hindi-urdu Telugu Hungarian Lakkia Yay Sinhalese Diegueno Tonkawa Totonac Ojibwa Navajo Karok Chipewyan Hupa Angaatiha Fur Maasai Angas Noni !Xu Kanakuru Ngizim Wolof Neo-aramaic Bardi JKDutch JKGerman Testing Serbian Bosnian_ Czech_ Latvian_ Mongolian_ Oromo_ Thai_ Dutch Hebrew Slovak Kven Danish Cantonese Croatian Urdu_Pakistan Arabic_Modern Standard Arabic Arabic_Moroccan_LAPSyD Arabic_Moroccan_JK Arabic_Moroccan Urdu_Ohala South Sami Nyah kur Parauk Bruu Tamang Dinka Po-ai Lungchow Nenets Turkish Saami Ket Hmong Kota Nanai Monguor Nganasan Changzhou Rutul Tiruray Yakut Lithuanian Mien Konkani Bodo Bulgarian Jingpho Lai Khasi Romanian Karen Iban Tsou Nyah kur Chukchi Nepali Lak Tiddim chin Mundari Lenakel Pacoh Armenian Fijian Taishan Tagalog Pashto Phlong Sedang Khalkha Pohnpeian Brao Russian Selkup Khmu? Ivatan Dagur Moghol Komi Korean Atayal Avar Mor Sama Sa'ban Irarutu Bai Sui Archi Kharia Kwaio Kurukh Finnish Adzera Cham Parauk Kam Maranao Fuzhou Roro Mandarin Kaliai Xiamen Hawaiian Nivkh Irish Albanian Bruu Tamang Rukai Ainu Lakkia Yay Manchu Basque Sre Brahui Hakka Lue Po-ai Malagasy Bengali_Calcutta Spanish (Castilian) Burmese Japanese Vietnamese Paiwan Burushaski Khanty Batak Javanese Ao Tetun Nenets Lahu Thai Gelao Zuni Panare Yana Mixtec Itonama Guambiano Camsa Bella coola Maxakali Kwakw'ala Island carib Quechua Guahibo Klamath Mazatec Diegueno Luiseno Aleut Tonkawa Ocaina Cacua Achumawi Tzeltal Nahuatl Shuswap Paya Moxo Siona Wappo Auca Axluxlay Japreria Amuesha Resigaro Huasteco Epena pedee Cherokee Chatino Saliba Maidu Wiyot Nez perce Hopi Highland chinantec Upper chehalis Tlingit Cuna Tsimshian Ticuna K'ekchi Cofan Caddo Apinaye Bororo Muinane Wintu Jebero Haida Sierra miwok Trumai Kawaiisu Zoque Shasta Mazahua Ahtna Barasano Shiriana Yucuna Cubeo Ache Bribri Inuit Ojibwa Huari Lushootseed Amahuaca Jaqaru Kaingang Warao Dakota Guarani Arabela Mixe Piraha Huave Wapishana Siriono Tseshaht Navajo Cayuvava Pomo Alabama Yuchi Jacaltec Seneca Bakairi Papago Amuzgo Abipon Iranxe Southern nambiquara Tacana Movima Quileute Akawaio Paez Tehuelche Mapudungu Yaqui Guajiro Karok Chipewyan Iate Yagua Tarascan Tunica Hupa Tlapanec Qawasqar Tol Campa Yupik Yucatec Jivaro Nunggubuyu Kunimaipa Lugbara Isoko Kunama Ogbia Efik Angaatiha Suena Usan Alawa Ngarinjin Kadugli Fur Hausa Moro Dizi Teke Tabi Wik-munkan Nyangi Dogon Ewe Lelemi Mumuye Ik Dahalo Songhai Baining Dan Amharic Southern kiwai Angas Zulu Ejagham Koiari Kanuri Asmat Socotri Akan Iwam Igbo Yessan-mayo Yanyuwa Beja Kwoma Doayo Yidiny Aghem Noni Nama Tiwi Diyari Temne Temein Savosavo Woisika Bandjalang Bete Arrernte Ekari Andamanese Nyimang Mursi Kpan Kpelle Mbum Malakmalak Bisa Kala lagaw ya Nera Sandawe Sango Kefa Mambila Dangaleat Burarra Garawa !Xu Kanakuru Murinhpatha Arabic Koma Vanimo Lua Beembe Tampulma Ndut Alladian Hadza Ngiyambaa Lame Sebei Konyagi Maung Ngizim Luo Berta Waris Wolof Kohumono Ga Neo-aramaic Western desert West makian Yulu Klao Daju Bambara Gugu-yalanji Kalkatungu Jomang Awiya Wantoat Nambakaengo Kera Mbabaram Bardi Kewa Gwari Tera Birom Iraqw Gbeya Dera Dagbani Ewondo Nimboran Yawa Chuave Kullo Azande Rotokas Tama Amo Dyirbal Nubian Nasioi Bobo-fing Margi Yareba Aizi Wahgi Yagaria Fasu Senadi Dadibi Maba Yoruba Diola Kolokuma ijo Bariba Mba-ne Tarok Taoripi Dani Selepet Somali Alamblak NepaliOH German JKDutch ThaiCO JKGerman Testing Swedish Norwegian_Stavanger Belarusian_ Bosnian_ Catalan (Central) Cebuano_ Czech_ Fante_ Hindi_ Icelandic_ Latvian_ Mongolian_ Oromo_ Polish_ Portuguese_ Somali_ Spanish_ Swahili_ Thai_ Polish Filipino Hebrew Slovak Chistabino (Pyrenean Aragonese) Portuguese (Brasilian) Italian_UPSID Kven Danish Abau Serbian Croatian Italian Swahili Bengali_PW French Swedish_PW Indonesian Bengali_Bangladesh Ukrainian Arabic_Modern Standard Arabic South Sami