Ma (Mongolic)

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

Mongolian language

Ma
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]: 13, 17, 24 [3]: 546 [4]: 212, 214 
mTransliteration[note 1]
ᠮ‍Initial
‍ᠮ‍Medial (syllable-initial)
Medial (syllable-final)
‍ᠮFinal
C-V syllables[6]: 8 
m‑a, m‑ema, memimo, mu, Transliteration
ᠮᠠ[a]ᠮᠢᠮᠣ᠋ᠮᠥ᠋Alone
ᠮᠠ‍ᠮᠢ‍ᠮᠣ‍ᠮᠥ‍Initial
‍ᠮᠠ‍‍ᠮᠢ‍‍ᠮᠣ‍Medial
‍ᠮ᠎ᠠ⟨?⟩ ‍ᠮᠠ‍ᠮᠢ‍ᠮᠣFinal
  • Transcribes Chakhar /m/;[9][10] Khalkha /m/.[11]: 40–42  Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter м.[6][5]
  • Derived from Old Uyghur mem (𐽹).[3]: 539–540, 545–546 [12]: 111, 113 [13]: 35 
  • Produced with M using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[14]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, m comes after γ/g and before l.

Clear Script

Xibe language

Manchu language

Notes

References