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Cha (Mongolic)

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

Cha
The Mongolian script
Mongolian vowels
ᠠ
a
ᠡ
e
ᠢ
i
ᠣ
o
ᠤ
u
ᠥ
ö
ᠦ
ü
ᠧ
(ē)
Mongolian consonants
ᠨ
n
ᠩ
ng
ᠪ
b
ᠫ
(p)
ᠬ
q/k
ᠭ
ɣ/g
ᠮ
m
ᠯ
l
ᠰ
s
ᠱ
š
ᠲ
t
ᠳ
d
ᠴ
č
ᠵ
ǰ
ᠶ
y
ᠷ
r
ᠸ
(w)
Mongolian script multigraphs
Letter[2]: 13, 17 [3]: 546 [4]: 212, 214 
č Transliteration[note 1]
ᠴ‍ Initial
‍ᠴ‍ Medial (syllable-initial)
— Medial (syllable-final)
(‍ᠴ) Final[note 2]
C-V syllables[6]: 38 
ča, če či čo, ču čö čü Transliteration
ᠴᠠ ᠴᠢ
[note 3]
ᠴᠣ᠋ ᠴᠥ᠋ Alone
ᠴᠣ
[note 4]
— ᠴᠦ
[note 4]
ᠴᠠ‍ ᠴᠢ‍ ᠴᠣ‍ ᠴᠥ‍ Initial
‍ᠴᠠ‍ ‍ᠴᠢ‍ ‍ᠴᠣ‍ Medial
‍ᠴᠠ ‍ᠴᠢ ‍ᠴᠣ Final
  • Transcribes Chakhar /t͡ʃ/;[10][11] Khalkha /t͡ʃʰ/, and /t͡sʰ/ (Mongolian Cyrillic ч, and ц, respectively).[10]: § 1.2 [12]: 2  Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter ч.[6][5]
  • For Buryat, a derived letter with two dots on the right ⟨ᡸ; ⟩ is used in places where č is pronounced as š.[13]
  • Derived from Old Uyghur (through early Mongolian) tsade (𐽽).[9]: 59 [3]: 539–540, 545–546 [14]: 111, 113 [15]: 35 
  • Produced with Q using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[16]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, č comes after d and before ǰ.

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