Ba (Mongolic)

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

Mongolian language

Ba
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]: (12), 17, 22 [3]: 546 [4]: 212–213 
bTransliteration[note 1]
ᠪ‍Initial
‍ᠪ‍Medial (syllable-initial)
Medial (syllable-final)
‍ᠪFinal
C-V syllables[6]: 16 
ba, bebibo, bu, Transliteration
ᠪᠠ[a]ᠪᠢ[b]ᠪᠣᠪᠥ᠋Alone
ᠪᠠ‍ᠪᠢ‍ᠪᠣ‍ᠪᠥ‍Initial
‍ᠪᠠ‍‍ᠪᠢ‍‍ᠪᠣ‍Medial
‍ᠪᠠ‍ᠪᠢ‍ᠪᠣFinal
Separated suffixes[note 2]
‑ban, ‑ben‑bar, ‑berTransliteration
 ᠪᠠᠨ ᠪᠠᠷWhole
  • Transcribes Chakhar /b/;[10][11] Khalkha /p/, /w/, and //.[12]: 40–42  Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter б.[6][5]
  • For Classical Mongolian, Latin v is used only for transcribing foreign words, so most в (v) in Mongolian Cyrillic correspond to б (b) in Classical Mongolian.[citation needed]
  • Derived from Old Uyghur pe (𐽼).[3]: 539–540, 545–546 [13]: 111, 115 [14]: 35 
  • Produced with B using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[15]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, b comes after ng and before p.

Clear Script

Xibe language

Manchu language

Notes

References