A

Letter: A

Letter · Oral vowels

Example word

chat

cat

Nearest English sound: Same pronunciation as <a> in 'bat'

Oral vowel — per the official UWI DMLL alphabet (8 oral vowels, 3 nasal vowels, 17 consonants, 5 special consonant symbols; 33 total). Pronunciation: Same pronunciation as <a> in 'bat' (UWI DMLL poster).

Alphabet

UWI DMLL, 'The Patois Alphabet / Alfabèt Kwéyòl-La' poster (Mwa Kwéyòl / Creole Month; Dept. of Modern Languages and Linguistics, UWI St. Augustine) — official inventory

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