O (Mongolic)

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

Mongolian language

O
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, 19–20 [3]: 546 
oTransliteration[note 1]
[a]Alone
ᠣ‍Initial
‍ᠣ‍Medial
‍ᠣFinal
Ligatures[2]: 22–23 [3]: 546 
bopoTransliteration
ᠪᠣᠫᠣAlone
ᠪᠣ‍ᠫᠣ‍Initial
‍ᠪᠣ‍‍ᠫᠣ‍Medial
‍ᠪᠣ‍ᠫᠣFinal
  • Transcribes Chakhar /ɔ/;[7][8] Khalkha /ɔ/, /ə/, and //.[9]: 40–42  Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter о.[10][4]
  • Indistinguishable from u, except when inferred by its placement: it is only found in medial or final syllables if the initial syllable also carries it, or rarely when it carries the vowel i.[2]: 11, 19 [11]: 9–10 
  • ‍ᠣ᠋ = the final form used in loanwords, as in ᠷᠠᠳᠢᠣ᠋ radio (радио radio).[10]: 48 [12]: 36 [13]
  • ‍ᠣ᠋‍ = medial form used after the junction in a proper name compound.[12]: 44 
  • Derived from Old Uyghur waw (𐽳), preceded by an aleph (𐽰) for isolate and initial forms.[3]: 539–540, 545–546 [14]: 111, 113 [12]: 35 
  • Produced with W using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[15]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, o comes after i and before u.

Clear Script

Xibe language

Manchu language

Notes

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