Au (digraph)

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au is a digraph that occurs in many languages.

[edit] In English

In English, au represents the /ɔ/ or /a/ (see caught-cot merger) sound in faun. In most varieties of English, including many varieties of North American English, Scottish English and Irish English this vowel is merged with the /ɑ/ or /ɒ/ vowel in "hot". In Middle English, the digraph was pronounced as the diphthong /au/.

[edit] In other languages

In most other languages, this digraph makes the [au] diphthong.