# አ U+12A0 ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GLOTTAL A

Ethiopic (Ge'ez) glottal syllable with the a vowel, a vowel-carrier letter at the start of many Amharic and Tigrinya words.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `አ` |
| Codepoint | U+12A0 |
| Name | ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GLOTTAL A |
| Block | [Ethiopic](https://unicodekit.com/block/ethiopic) |
| Script | Ethiopic |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 3.0 |
| HTML | `አ` `አ` |
| CSS | `\12A0` |
| JavaScript | `\u12A0` |
| UTF-8 | E1 8A A0 |
| UTF-16 | 12A0 |

## Related characters

- ኟ [U+129F ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE NYWA](https://unicodekit.com/char/129F)
- ኡ [U+12A1 ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GLOTTAL U](https://unicodekit.com/char/12A1)
- ኞ [U+129E ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE NYO](https://unicodekit.com/char/129E)
- ኢ [U+12A2 ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GLOTTAL I](https://unicodekit.com/char/12A2)
- ኝ [U+129D ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE NYE](https://unicodekit.com/char/129D)
- ኣ [U+12A3 ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GLOTTAL AA](https://unicodekit.com/char/12A3)
- ኜ [U+129C ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE NYEE](https://unicodekit.com/char/129C)
- ኤ [U+12A4 ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GLOTTAL EE](https://unicodekit.com/char/12A4)
- ኛ [U+129B ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE NYAA](https://unicodekit.com/char/129B)
- እ [U+12A5 ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GLOTTAL E](https://unicodekit.com/char/12A5)
- ኚ [U+129A ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE NYI](https://unicodekit.com/char/129A)
- ኦ [U+12A6 ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GLOTTAL O](https://unicodekit.com/char/12A6)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/12A0 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/12A0