Pa (Mongolic)

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

Pa
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]:12,15,17,23[3]:546[4]:212–213
p Transliteration[note 1]
Initial
Medial (syllable-initial)
Medial (syllable-final)
() Final[note 2]
C-V syllables[6]:46
pa, pe pi po, pu , Transliteration
ᠫᠠ ᠫᠢ ᠫᠣ ᠫᠥ Alone
ᠫᠠ ᠫᠢ ᠫᠣ ᠫᠥ Initial
ᠫᠠ ᠫᠢ ᠫᠣ Medial
ᠫᠠ ᠫᠢ ᠫᠣ Final
  • Transcribes Chakhar /p/;[7][8] Khalkha //.[9]:40–42 Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter п.[6][5]
  • Only at the beginning of Mongolian words (although words with an initial p tend to be foreign).[10]:5[11]:27[7]
  • Galik letter, derived from Mongolian b.[12]:35
  • Produced with P using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[13]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, p comes after b and before q/k.

Clear Script

Xibe language

Manchu language

Notes

References

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