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the diphthong /eɪ/ as in ace and significant, generally when ⟨a⟩ is followed by a person, or sometimes two, consonants then another vowel letter—this results from Middle English lengthening followed by the Great Vowel ChangeIn the Intercontinental Phonetic Alphabet, ⟨a⟩ is useful for the open entrance unrounded vowel, ⟨ä⟩ is useful