the diphthong /eɪ/ as in ace and major, typically when ⟨a⟩ is accompanied by one particular, or from time to time two, consonants and after that another vowel letter—this final results from Middle English lengthening followed by The nice Vowel ShiftWithin the Worldwide Phonetic Alphabet, ⟨a⟩ is useful for the open entrance unrounded vowe