Qa (Mongolic)

Qa 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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Qa

ᠠ a	ᠡ e	ᠢ i	ᠣ o	ᠤ u	ᠥ ö	ᠦ ü
ᠧ (ē)

Mongolian consonants

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More information C-V syllables: 15 : 19, q‑a ...

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Separated suffixes^{[note 6]}
‑ki	‑kin	Transliteration
ᠬᠢ	ᠬᠢᠨ	Whole

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Transcribes Chakhar /x/;^[11]^[12] Khalkha /x/.^{[citation needed]} Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter х.^[6]^[5]
Produced with H using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.^[13]
In the Mongolian Unicode block, q/k comes after p and before ɣ/g.

Distinction from other tooth-shaped letters by position in syllable sequence.^{[citation needed]}
A separated isolate-shaped ‑q appears in the Uyghur loan title ayaɣ‑q‑a tegimlig 'worthy of respect; reverend'.^[3]^: 546^[14]^: 43
Derived from Old Uyghur merged gimel and heth (𐽲).^[3]^{: 539–540, 545–546}^[15]^{: 111, 113–115}^[16]^: 35

Syllable-initially indistinguishable from g.^[2]^: 15, 24^[9]^: 9
Derived from Old Uyghur kaph (𐽷).^[3]^{: 539–540, 545–546}^[15]^{: 111, 113, 115}^[16]^: 35

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Scholarly transliteration.^[5]
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As in ᠬᠠ/ᠬᠠᠮᠢᠭ᠎ᠠ^⟨?⟩ qa/qamiɣ‑a (Khalkha: хаа khaa) 'where'.^[8]^{: 895, 923}
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As in ᠬᠡ/ᠬᠡᠭᠡ/ᠬᠡᠭᠡᠨ ke/kege/kegen (Khalkha: хээ khee) 'pattern, piping, design, stamp'.^[8]^{: 438, 442}
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See the separated  ᠬᠢ ‑ki suffix.^[8]
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As in the strengthening (emphatic) ᠭᠦ^⟨?⟩ kü (Khalkha: хүү khüü) particle,^[8]^: 494^[9]^: 46 or ᠬᠥ^⟨?⟩/ᠬᠥᠭᠡ kö/köge (Khalkha: хөө khöö) 'soot; obstacle, hindrance; trouble', or 'ring of mail'.^[8]^{: 475, 478}
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Separated suffixes starting with the letter k include:  ᠬᠢ ‑ki or  ᠬᠢᠨ ‑kin (case-bound possession).^[10]