Estonian language
Like Finnish, Estonian employs the Latin script as the basis for its alphabet, which adds the letters a, o, u, and o, plus the later additions s and z. The letters c, q, w, x and y are limited to proper names of foreign origin, and f, z, s, and z appear in loanwords and foreign names only. O and u are pronounced similarly to their equivalents in Swedish and German. Unlike in standard German but like Finnish and Swedish (when followed by 'r'), A is pronounced [ae], as in English mat. The vowels A, O and U are clearly separate phonemes and inherent in Estonian, although the letter shapes come from German. The letter o denotes /u/, unrounded /o/, or a close-mid back unrounded vowel. It is almost identical to the Bulgarian ' /u/ and the Vietnamese o, and is used to transcribe the Russian y.
In the Estonian language how is the letter A pronounced?
[ae], as in English mat
Unlike in standard German but like Finnish and Swedish (when followed by 'r'), A is pronounced [ae], as in English mat.
Estonian language