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search A with tilde.svg  Ã/ã (a-tilde) is a letter used in some
languages, generally considered a variant of the letter A.  In
Portuguese, Ã/ã represents a nasal central unrounded vowel, [ɐ̃]
(its exact height varies from open to mid according to dialect).
The combination ãe represents the diphthong [ɐ̃ĩ̯] in most
dialects ([ɐ̃ɪ̯̃] in Brazil's RS, SC, PR, SP, MS and among
caipira speakers), and ão represents [ɐ̃ũ̯] in most dialects
([ɐ̃ʊ̯̃] in Brazil's RS, SC, PR, SP, MS and among caipira
speakers, while in hinterland European northern dialects of
Portuguese it represents [aŋ] and in some reintegrationist
Galician orthographies it may represent [oŋ]). Because Ã is a
typically Portuguese character, it is sometimes used as a symbol
of the Portuguese language.[citation needed]  This symbol is
also used in the Aromanian, Guaraní, Kashubian and Vietnamese
languages. In Vietnamese, it represents [aː] in a high breaking-
rising tone. This also used in !Xóõ.