I've read different questions about pronouncing 'a' like this :
Sounds of the letter a
In my native tongue-Arabic- there are 3 degrees of pronouncing 'a'
degree one is like able
degree two is like marry
degree three is like are
My confusion is in 2 things:
The symbols used in answers like ...
Wait, iirc, a migrated question will become a zombie when it gets closed, right?
> pure vowels, with short /a i u/ and corresponding long vowels /aː iː uː/. There are also two diphthongs: /aj/ and /aw/.
The pronunciation of the vowels differs from speaker to speaker, in a way that tends to reflect the pronunciation of the corresponding colloquial variety. Nonetheless, there are some common trends. Most noticeable is the differing pronunciation of /a/ and /aː/, which tend towards fronted [æ(ː)], [a(ː)] or [ɛ(ː)] in most situations, but a back [ɑ(ː)] in the neighborhood of emphatic consonants. Some accents and dialects, such as those of the Hijaz, have central [ä(ː)] in …
But note that DT's passage gives "[æ(ː)], [a(ː)] or [ɛ(ː)] ... [ɑ(ː)]" as pronunciations for the /a/ phoneme -- pretty much the same set if you hear /eɪ/ as [ɛ] and don't distinguish /a/ and /ɑ/.
I've read different questions about pronouncing 'a' like this :
Sounds of the letter a
In my native tongue-Arabic- there are 3 degrees of pronouncing 'a'
degree one is like able
degree two is like marry
degree three is like are
My confusion is in 2 things:
The symbols used in answers like ...
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