👉 Paraglossal is a term in linguistics that refers to the part of speech for the letter "a" in the word "apple." It has two meanings: 1. The first meaning is that the letter "a" is used as a consonant cluster, forming a vowel sound (like the English vowel sounds). In this case, the paraglossal sound is pronounced like the French "e." 2. The second meaning is that the letter "a" is used to