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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
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 n, Transliteration ...
Letter[2]: 17, 20–21 [3]: 546 [4]: 212–213 
n Transliteration[note 1]
ᠨ‍ Initial
‍ᠨ᠋‍⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩ Medial (syllable-initial)
‍ᠨ‍⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩ Medial (syllable-final)
‍ᠨ Final
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More information C-V syllables: 8, n‑a, n‑e ...
C-V syllables[6]: 8 
n‑a, n‑e na, ne ni no, nu nö, nü Transliteration
— ᠨᠠ ᠨᠢ
[note 2]
ᠨᠣ᠋ ᠨᠥ᠋ Alone
ᠨᠠ‍ ᠨᠢ‍ ᠨᠣ‍ ᠨᠥ‍ Initial
‍ᠨᠠ‍ ‍ᠨᠢ‍ ‍ᠨᠣ‍ Medial
‍ᠨ᠎ᠠ⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩ ‍ᠨᠠ ‍ᠨᠢ ‍ᠨᠣ Final
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More information Separated suffixes, , ‑ne ...
Separated suffixes[note 3]
‑na, ‑ne ‑nu, ‑nü 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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