the diphthong /eɪ/ as in ace and significant, generally when ⟨a⟩ is followed by just one, or once in a while two, consonants then Yet another vowel letter—this results from Center English lengthening followed by The nice Vowel ShiftWhile in the Intercontinental Phonetic Alphabet, ⟨a⟩ is utilized for the open up front unrounded vowel, ⟨