Ea (digraph)

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ea is a digraph used in many languages.

In English, ea usually represents the vowel /i/ as in meat and bead. It can also represent the vowel /ɛ/ as in lead and spread, and the vowel /eɪ/ in the three words break, great, and steak. When followed by r, it can represent /ɜ(ɹ)/ as in "earth", /ɛə(ɹ)/ as in "bear", and /ɪə(ɹ)/ as in "fear".

ea (e͡a) is also the transliteration of the rune of the Anglo-Frisian Futhorc.