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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 694 languages
That is in 141.06% of all languages
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