Editing A (section)

=== Ancestor and sibling letters ===
* {{angbr|{{lang|phn|𐤀}}}}: Phoenician [[aleph]], from which the following symbols originally derive:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jensen |first=Hans |title=Sign, Symbol, and Script |publisher=G. P. Putman's Sons |year=1969 |location=New York}}</ref>
** {{angbr|{{lang|el|Α α}}}}: [[Greek alphabet|Greek]] letter [[alpha]], from which the following letters derive:<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-02-17 |title=Hebrew Lesson of the Week: The Letter Aleph |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/spotlight/hebrew-lesson-of-the-week-letter-aleph/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526113655/https://www.timesofisrael.com/spotlight/hebrew-lesson-of-the-week-letter-aleph/ |archive-date=2018-05-26 |access-date=2018-05-25 |via=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref>
*** {{angbr|{{lang|und|А а}}}}: [[Cyrillic]] letter [[A (Cyrillic)|A]]<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Cyrillic Alphabet |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cyrillic-alphabet |access-date=2018-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526114423/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cyrillic-alphabet |archive-date=2018-05-26 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*** {{angbr|{{Script|Copt|Ⲁ ⲁ}}}}: [[Coptic alphabet|Coptic]] letter alpha<ref>{{Cite book |last=Silvestre |first=M. J. B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n2QWAAAAYAAJ&q=coptic+alphabet&pg=PA123 |title=Universal Palaeography |year=1850 |publisher=Henry G. Bohn |location=London |translator-last=Madden |translator-first=Frederic |access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref>
*** {{angbr|𐌀}}: [[Old Italic script|Old Italic]] A, the ancestor of modern Latin A<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwAoAQAAIAAJ&q=old+italic+greek+alphabet&pg=PA534 |journal=American Journal of Archaeology |year=1891 |page=534 |volume=7 |title=Italic Studies |department=Archaeological News |last=Frothingham |first=A. L. Jr. |issue=4 |jstor=496497 |jstor-access=free |access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lv4sDwAAQBAJ&q=old+italic+script+greek&pg=PA96 |title=Understanding Relations Between Scripts: The Aegean Writing Systems |year=2017 |publisher=Oxbow |isbn=978-1-78570-647-9 |editor-last=Steele |editor-first=Philippa M. |location=Oxford |access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref>
**** {{angbr|{{Script|Runr|ᚨ}}}}: [[Runic]] letter [[ansuz]], which probably derives from old Italic A<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fortson |first=Benjamin W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSxHgej4tKMC&q=Runic+developed+from+old+italic&pg=PA349 |title=Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction |year=2010 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-1-4443-5968-8 |edition=2nd |access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref>
*** {{angbr|{{Script|Goth|𐌰}}}}: [[Gothic alphabet|Gothic]] letter aza
* {{angbr|{{lang|am|Ա ա}}}}: [[Armenian alphabet|Armenian]] letter [[Ayb (letter)|ayb]]