(phonetics)A nasal vowel [a]. The norm in Americanist notation; sometimes used in IPA transcription to leave room over the vowel letter for tone diacritics.
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, andą for development of the glyph itself.
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See thehistory of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, andą for development of the glyph itself.
Kenda-Jež, Karmen (27 February 2017),Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription][1] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni centerSAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, archived fromthe original on22 January 2022, pages27–30