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
a
e
i
o
u
ö
ü
(ē)
Mongolian consonants
n
ng
b
(p)
q/k
ɣ/g
m
l
s
š
t
d
č
ǰ
y
r
(w)
Mongolian script multigraphs
Letter[2]:13,17[3]:546[4]:212,214
č Transliteration[note 1]
Initial
Medial (syllable-initial)
Medial (syllable-final)
() Final[note 2]
C-V syllables[6]:38
ča, če či čo, ču čö čü Transliteration
ᠴᠠ ᠴᠢ
[note 3]
ᠴᠣ ᠴᠥ 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 ; 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.

Clear Script

Xibe language

Manchu language

Notes

References

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