Latin alpha

This article is about the Latin alpha. For the Greek letter, see Alpha. For the Cyrillic letter, see А (Cyrillic). "ɑ" redirects here. For the sound in the IPA represented by ɑ, see Open back unrounded vowel. See also: A § Typographic variants

Latin alpha
Ɑ ɑ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	alphabetic
Language of origin	International Phonetic Alphabet, General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages
Sound values	[ɑ]
In Unicode	U+2C6D, U+0251
History
Development	Α α Ɑ ɑ
Time period	1890s to present
Sisters	A, Ɒ
Other
Writing direction	Left-to-Right

The letter Latin alpha with a lowercase Greek alpha shape, as in the African reference alphabet or the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages

Latin alpha (majuscule: Ɑ, minuscule: ɑ), script a, or single-story a is a letter of the Latin alphabet based on a handwritten form of lowercase a, and which is commonly typeset with the Greek lowercase alpha (α).