Qa (Mongolic)

Qa
Qa
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	Mongolian script multigraphs;
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Qa is a letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages.^[1]^{: 549–551}

Mongolian language

Separated suffixes^{[note 2]}
‑ki	‑kin	Transliteration
ᠬᠢ	ᠬᠢᠨ	Whole

Transcribes Chakhar /x/;^[11]^[12] Khalkha /x/.^{[citation needed]} Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter х.^[6]^[5]
Produced with H using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.^[13]
In the Mongolian Unicode block, q/k comes after p and before γ/g.

Distinction from other tooth-shaped letters by position in syllable sequence.^{[citation needed]}
A separated isolate-shaped ‑q appears in the Uyghur loan title ayaγ‑q‑a tegimlig 'worthy of respect; reverend'.^[3]^: 546^[14]^: 43
Derived from Old Uyghur merged gimel and heth (𐽲).^[3]^{: 539–540, 545–546}^[15]^{: 111, 113–115}^[16]^: 35

Syllable-initially indistinguishable from g.^[2]^: 15, 24^[9]^: 9
Derived from Old Uyghur kaph (𐽷).^[3]^{: 539–540, 545–546}^[15]^{: 111, 113, 115}^[16]^: 35