Na (Mongolic)

Letter used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Na 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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Na
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
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More information n, Transliteration ...
Letter[2]:17,20–21[3]:546[4]:212–213
n Transliteration[note 1]
Initial
? Medial (syllable-initial)
? Medial (syllable-final)
Final
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More information C-V syllables: 8, n‑a, n‑e ...
C-V syllables[6]:8
na, ne na, ne ni no, nu , Transliteration
ᠨᠠ ᠨᠢ
[note 2]
ᠨᠣ ᠨᠥ Alone
ᠨᠠ ᠨᠢ ᠨᠣ ᠨᠥ Initial
ᠨᠠ ᠨᠢ ᠨᠣ Medial
? ᠨᠠ ᠨᠢ ᠨᠣ Final
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More information Separated suffixes, , ‑ne ...
Separated suffixes[note 3]
na, ne nu, Transliteration
ᠨᠠ ᠨᠤ Initial
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  • Transcribes Chakhar /n/;[10][11] Khalkha /n/, and /ŋ/.[12]:40–42 Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter н.[6][5]
  • Distinction from other tooth-shaped letters by position in syllable sequence.[citation needed]
  • Dotted before a vowel (attached or separated); undotted before a consonant (syllable-final) or a whitespace.[2]:20[3]:546[13]:6[10] Final dotted n is also found in modern Mongolian words.[14]:37 A dotted pre-consonantal variant can be used to clarify the spelling of n in words of foreign origin.[6]:47–49
  • Derived from Old Uyghur nun (𐽺).[3]:539–540,545–546[15]:111,114[14]:35
  • Produced with N using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[16]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, n comes after ē and before ng.

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Notes

  1. Scholarly transliteration.[5]
  2. As in ᠨᠢ ni (Khalkha: нь ni), a modern form used in place of ᠠᠨᠤ anu 'their' and ᠢᠨᠤ inu 'his'.[8]:46–47,412,577[2]:139
  3. Separated suffixes starting with the letter n include: ᠨᠠᠷ nar/ner or ᠨᠤᠭᠤᠳ/ᠨᠦᠭᠦᠳ? nuɣud/nügüd (plural).[9]

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