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Farsi: why letter Alef often sounds like long "o"?
The long ā in Persian is realised further back than the short a, typically as [ɑː] or [ɒː] compared to [a] or [æ]. As you can see on the IPA vowel chart, that puts it closer to typical o sounds:
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