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Ą (minuscule: ą) is a letter in the Polish, Kashubian, Lithuanian, Creek, Navajo, Western Apache, Chiricahua, Hocąk, Mescalero, Gwich'in, Tutchone, and Elfdalian alphabets. It is formed from the letter ''a'' and an ogonek and usually – except for modern Polish – denotes a nasal a sound. == Polish == In Polish and Kashubian ą is right after ''a'' in the alphabet but it never appears at the beginning of a word. Originally ą was a nasal ''a'' but in modern times the pronunciation of this vowel has shifted to a nasal ''o'' sound. It is most commonly pronounced as , , . Unlike French but rather like Portuguese ''ão'', nasal vowels in Polish are ''asynchronous'', meaning that they are pronounced as an oral vowel + a nasal semivowel , or a nasal vowel + a nasal semivowel. For the sake of simplicity, it is sometimes represented as . Some examples, * ''obowiązek ("duty", "obligation")'', pronounced (:ɔbɔˈvjɔw̃zɛk) * ''robią ("They are making")'', pronounced * ''wciąż ("still")'', pronounced Before all stops and affricates, it is pronounced as an oral vowel + nasal consonant, with appearing before most consonants, while appears before ''p'' or ''b''. For example, * ''kąpać ("to bathe")'' is pronounced (:ˈkɔmpatɕ) * ''pająk ("spider")'' is pronounced * ''bądź'' (imperative ''be''), as in ''Bądź cierpliwy! ("Be patient!")'' is pronounced * ''oglądając ("(by) watching")'' is pronounced Loss of all nasal quality is rare with ą, occurring only before Ł, thus, ''zajął'' (:ˈzajɔw). In dialects of some regions, ą in final position is also pronounced as , thus, ''robią'' is occasionally pronounced as . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ą」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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