Ea (digraph)
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ea is a vowel digraph used in many languages.
In English, ea usually represents the diphthong /ɪə/ or monophthong /i/ (depending on accent) as in meat and bead. Due to a sound change that happened in Middle English, it can also represent the vowel /ɛ/ as in lead and spread, and the vowel /eɪ/ (or /e/) in just three words - break, great, and steak. When followed by r, it can represent the standard outcomes of the previously mentioned three vowels in this environment - /ɪə(ɹ)/ as in "fear", /ɜ(ɹ)/ as in "earth", and /ɛə(ɹ)/ as in "bear", respectively - and as another rare exception, also /ɑ(ɹ)/ in the words heart and hearth.
ea (e͡a) is also the transliteration of the ᛠ rune of the Anglo-Frisian Futhorc.
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Aa aa Ae ae Ai ai Au au Aw aw Ay ay Bh bh Ch ch Ck ck Cö cö Cs cs Cu cu Cz cz Dd dd Dh dh Dj dj Dx dx Dz dz Dž dž Dź dź Dż dż Ea ea Ee ee Ei ei Eu eu Ew ew Ey ey Ff ff Fh fh Gb gb Gh gh Għ għ Gi gi Gj gj Gn gn Gy gy Hs hs Hu hu Ie ie IJ ij Jö jö Kh kh Kp kp Ku ku Lh lh Lj lj Ll ll Ly ly Mb mb Mh mh Mp mp Nd nd Ng ng Nh nh Nj nj Nk nk Ns ns Nt nt Ny ny Nz nz Oa oa Oe oe Oi oi Oo oo Ou ou Ow ow Oy oy Ph ph Qu qu Rd rd Rh rh Rl rl Rn rn Rr rr Rt rt Rz rz Sh sh Sv sv Sy sy Sz sz Th th Tj tj Tr tr Ts ts Tx tx Ty ty Tz tz Ue ue Ui ui Vh vh Wh wh Xh xh Xö xö Yh yh Yk yk Zh zh Zs zs Zv zv |
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C'h c'h Dzs dzs Eau eau Ngb ngb Ngh ngh Ngk ngk Nkp nkp Nth nth Nyk nyk Rnd rnd Sch sch |
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