Alemannic German
A that derives from the ligature occurs in the Afrikaans language, a descendant of Dutch, and in Alemannic German names. In Afrikaans, it denotes the diphthong . In Alemannic German names, it denotes long , for instance in "Schnyder" or "Schwyz" – the cognate non-Alemannic German names "Schneider" or "Schweiz" have the diphthong that developed from long .