E (Mongolic)
Letter used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages
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Mongolian language
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- Transcribes Chakhar /ə/;[8][9] Khalkha /i/, /e/, /ə/, and /∅/.[10]: 40–42 Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter э.[11][4]
- Medial and final forms may be distinguished from those of other tooth-shaped letters through: vowel harmony (a) and its effect on the shape of a word's consonants (q/k and ɣ/g), or position in syllable sequence (n, ng, d).[12]
- The final tail extends to the left after bow-shaped consonants (such as b, p, k, and g), and to the right in all other cases.
- ᠡ᠋ = an Old Mongolian initial form, as in ᠡ᠋ᠨᠡ ene 'this' (otherwise written ᠡᠨᠡ).[6]: 316 [10]: 130
- Derived from Old Uyghur aleph (𐽰).[3]: 539–540, 545–546 [13]: 111, 113 [14]: 35
- Produced with E using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[15]
- In the Mongolian Unicode block, e comes after a and before i.
Ee
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| Example ligatures | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| fē | gē | kē | Transliteration |
| ᠹᠧ | ᠺᠧ | ᠻᠧ | Alone |
| ᠹᠧ | ᠺᠧ | ᠻᠧ | Initial |
| ᠹᠧ | ᠺᠧ | ᠻᠧ | Medial |
| ᠹᠧ | ᠺᠧ | ᠻᠧ | Final |
- Stands in for e in loanwords,[14]: 38 [9] such as in ᠧᠦ᠋ᠷᠣᠫᠠ ēüropa (Khalkha: Европ Yevrop).[11]: 48 [16] Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter е.[11][4]
- Indistinguishable from w, except when inferred by its placement: typically between consonants.[14]: 38
- Ultimately derived from Old Uyghur bet (𐽱).[14]: 38 [3]: 539–540, 545–546 [13]: 111, 113
- Produced with ⇧ Shift+E using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[15]
- In the Mongolian Unicode block, ē comes after ü and before n.
Clear Script
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Xibe language
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Manchu language
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