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ã represents a 'nasal A' (IPA: /ɐ̃/).
Being a typically Portuguese sound, it is sometimes used as a symbol of the Portuguese language.
Portuguese as many nasal sounds:
- [ɐ̃] (ã, an, am),
- [ẽ] (en, em),
- [ĩ] (in, im),
- [õ](õ, on, om),
- [ũ] (un),
- [j̃] (as in mãe),
- [w̃] (as in mão),
- [ɲ] (nh).