the diphthong /eɪ/ as in ace and major, typically when ⟨a⟩ is accompanied by one, or once in a while two, consonants after which you can Yet another vowel letter—this results from Center English lengthening accompanied by the Great Vowel ShiftWhile in the International Phonetic Alphabet, ⟨a⟩ is used for the open entrance unrounded vowel,