A (Mongolic)

A is a letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages.[1]: 549–551 

Mongolian language

A
The Mongolian script
Mongolian vowels
a
e
i
o
u
ö
ü
(ē)
Mongolian consonants
n
ng
b
(p)
q/k
γ/g
m
l
s
š
t
d
č
ǰ
y
r
(w)
Foreign consonants
Letter[2]: 17, 18 [3]: 546 
‑aaTransliteration[note 1]
[a]Alone
ᠠ᠋[b]
[c]
ᠠ‍[d]Initial
‍ᠠ‍Medial
‍ᠠConnected final
᠎ᠠ⟨?⟩ Separated final
Ligatures[2]: 22–23 [3]: 546 
bapaTransliteration
ᠪᠠ[e]ᠫᠠAlone
ᠪᠠ‍ᠫᠠ‍Initial
‍ᠪᠠ‍‍ᠫᠠ‍Medial
‍ᠪᠠ‍ᠫᠠFinal
Separated suffixes[note 2]
‑aTransliteration
 ᠠ‍⟨?⟩ Initial
 ᠠ⟨?⟩ Whole
  • Transcribes Chakhar /ɑ/;[8][9] Khalkha /a/, /ə/, and //.[10]: 40–42  Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter а.[11][4]
  • Medial and final forms may be distinguished from those of other tooth-shaped letters through: vowel harmony (e), the shape of adjacent consonants (q/k and γ/g), and position in syllable sequence (n, ng, q, γ, d).[12]
  • The final tail extends to the left after bow-shaped consonants (such as b, and p), and to the right in all other cases.
  • ‍ᠠ᠋‍ = medial form used after the junction in a proper name compound.[13]: 44 
  • ‍ᠠ᠋⟨?⟩ ⟩ = connected galik final.[2]: 26–28 [13]: 38–39 
  • Derived from Old Uyghur aleph (𐽰), written twice for isolate and initial forms.[3]: 539–540, 545–546 [14]: 111, 113 [13]: 35 
  • Produced with A using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[15]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, a comes before e.

Clear Script

Xibe language

Manchu language

Notes

References