A with macron (Cyrillic) explained

A with macron (А̄ а̄; italics:

А̄ а̄) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In all its forms it looks exactly like the Latin letter A with macron (Ā ā Ā ā).

A with macron is used in the Aleut (Bering dialect),^[1] Evenki, Ingush, Mansi, Nanai, Orok, Ulch, Kildin Sami, Selkup, and Chechen languages.

A with macron also appears in the Bulgarian and Serbian languages in some dialects.

Usage

South Slavic languages

A with macron is used in the South Slavic languages mostly in Bulgarian usually used before or after another stressed vowel: глāвà, крāкà, овчāрè, ковāчè, юнāцѝ, and граждāнè.^{[2] [3]}

Computing codes

Being a relatively recent letter, not present in any legacy 8-bit Cyrillic encoding, the letter А̄ is not represented directly by a precomposed character in Unicode either; it has to be composed as А+◌̄ (U+0304).

See also

• A a : Latin letter A
• Ā ā : Latin letter A with macron - a Latvian, Latgalian, Livonian, and Samogitian letter
• А а : Cyrillic letter А
• Cyrillic characters in Unicode

Notes and References

1. Book: Головко, Е. В. . 1994 . Словарь алеутско-русский и русско-алеутский (беринговский диалект) . Aleut-Russian and Russian-Aleut Dictionary (Bering dialect) . 14 . Отд-ние изд-ва "Просвещение" . 5-09-002312-3.
2. Web site: Accent in Bulgarian dialects . October 25, 2012 .
3. Web site: Bulgarian dialects . May 9, 2013 .