the diphthong /eɪ/ as in ace and big, generally when ⟨a⟩ is accompanied by 1, or occasionally two, consonants after which you can One more vowel letter—this effects from Middle English lengthening accompanied by The nice Vowel ChangeFrom the Worldwide Phonetic Alphabet, ⟨a⟩ is useful for the open up front unrounded vowel, ⟨ä⟩ is use