Pa (Mongolic)

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

Mongolian language

Pa
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, 15, 17, 23 [3]: 546 [4]: 212–213 
pTransliteration[note 1]
ᠫ‍Initial
‍ᠫ‍Medial (syllable-initial)
Medial (syllable-final)
(‍ᠫ)Final[note 2]
C-V syllables[6]: 46 
pa, pepipo, pu, Transliteration
ᠫᠠᠫᠢᠫᠣᠫᠥ᠋Alone
ᠫᠠ‍ᠫᠢ‍ᠫᠣ‍ᠫᠥ‍Initial
‍ᠫᠠ‍‍ᠫᠢ‍‍ᠫᠣ‍Medial
‍ᠫᠠ‍ᠫᠢ‍ᠫᠣFinal
  • Transcribes Chakhar /p/;[7][8] Khalkha //.[9]: 40–42  Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter п.[6][5]
  • Only at the beginning of Mongolian words (although words with an initial p tend to be foreign).[10]: 5 [11]: 27 [7]
  • Galik letter, derived from Mongolian b.[12]: 35 
  • Produced with P using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[13]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, p comes after b and before q/k.

Clear Script

Xibe language

Manchu language

Notes

References