A

The letter A.



The letter A is the first vowel. It has three pronunciations, a long, a short, and an assimilated one (though it often appears in the word final position). We'll call the assimilated one "semi-long".



Ā is long A. It is [eɪ] or the A in "make"; e.g. "māk".



A is short A. It is [æ] or the A in "an"; e.g. "an".



An assimilated ("semi-long") A is written as AH. It is [ɑ] (often [a]) or the A in "far" or "lala"; e.g. "fahr" or "lahlah". Needs some work...



The name of the letter A itself is its long value, [eɪ].