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

Mongolian language

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Ja
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)
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More information ǰ (j), Transliteration ...
Letter[2]: 13, 17, 24 [3]: 546 [4]: 212, 214 
ǰ (j) Transliteration[note 1]
ᠵ‍ Initial
‍ᠵ‍ Medial (syllable-initial)
— Medial (syllable-final)
(‍ᠵ) Final[note 2]
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More information C-V syllables: 28, ǰ‑a, ǰ‑e ...
C-V syllables[6]: 28 
ǰ‑a, ǰ‑e ǰa, ǰe ǰi ǰo ǰu ǰö, ǰü Transliteration
ᠵ᠎ᠠ⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩
[note 3]		 ᠵᠠ
[note 4]		 ᠵᠢ
[note 5]		 ᠵᠣ᠋ ᠵᠥ᠋ Alone
ᠵᠣ
[note 6]		 —
— ᠵᠠ‍ ᠵᠢ‍ ᠵᠣ‍ ᠵᠥ‍ Initial
‍ᠵᠠ‍ ‍ᠵᠢ‍ ‍ᠵᠣ‍ Medial
‍ᠵᠠ ‍ᠵᠢ ‍ᠵᠣ Final
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  • Transcribes Chakhar /d͡ʒ/;[12][13] Khalkha /d͡ʒ/, and d͡z (Mongolian Cyrillic ж, and з, respectively).[12]: § 1.2 [14]: 2  Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter ж.[6][5]
  • Derived from Old Uyghur yodh (𐽶; initial), and Old Uyghur (through early Mongolian) tsade (𐽽; medial).[8]: 59 [3]: 539–540, 545–546 [15]: 111, 113 [16]: 35 
  • Produced with J using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[17]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, ǰ comes after č and before y.

Clear Script

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Xibe language

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Manchu language

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Scholarly transliteration, with alternative in parentheses.[5]
  2. [2]
    Not found in native Mongolian words.
  3. [3]
    [3]: 546  As in ǰ‑a (Khalkha: за(а) za(a)) 'well', 'allright';[2]: 24 [4]: 345 [7] emphatic final;[8]: 46, 59  ǰ‑a particle expressing presumption, probability, or hope;[10]: 1018  doubt-expressing ǰ‑a and corroborative ǰ‑e particle.[11]: 104 
  4. [4]
    As in the interjection ᠵᠠ ǰa (Khalkha: заа zaa) 'all right, yes, very good, well!, now then'.[10]: 1018 
  5. [5]
    See the separated  ᠶᠢ⟨?⟩ ‑yi suffix.
  6. [6]
    As in ᠵᠣ ǰo (Khalkha: зоо zoo) 'vertebrae'.[10]: 1065 

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