Qa (Mongolic)

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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
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)
Mongolian script multigraphs
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Letter[2]: 14, 17, 21, 24–25 [3]: 546 [4]: 212–213 
q k Transliteration[note 1]
ᠬ Initial
‍ᠬ‍ Medial (syllable-initial)
— — Medial (syllable-final)
— — Final
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More information C-V syllables: 15 : 19, q‑a ...
C-V syllables[2]: 15 [6]: 19 
q‑a qa ke ki qo, qu kö, kü Transliteration
— ᠬᠠ
[note 2]		 ᠬᠡ
[note 3]		 ᠬᠢ
[note 4]		 ᠬᠣ᠋ ᠬᠥ⟨?⟩ ⟨w/o tail⟩
[note 5]		 Alone
ᠬᠥ᠋⟨?⟩ ⟨w/ tail⟩
— ᠬᠠ‍ ᠬᠡ‍ ᠬᠢ‍ ᠬᠣ‍ ᠬᠥ‍ Initial
— ‍ᠬᠠ‍ ‍ᠬᠡ‍ ‍ᠬᠢ‍ ‍ᠬᠣ‍ ‍ᠬᠥ‍ Medial
‍ᠬ᠎ᠠ⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩ — ‍ᠬᠡ ‍ᠬᠢ ‍ᠬᠣ ‍ᠬᠥ Final
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Separated suffixes[note 6]
‑ki ‑kin Transliteration
 ᠬᠢ  ᠬᠢᠨ Whole
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q/k

  • 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.

q

  • 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 

k

  • 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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Notes

  1. [1]
    Scholarly transliteration.[5]
  2. [2]
    As in ᠬᠠ/ᠬᠠᠮᠢᠭ᠎ᠠ⟨?⟩ qa/qamiɣ‑a (Khalkha: хаа khaa) 'where'.[8]: 895, 923 
  3. [3]
    As in ᠬᠡ/ᠬᠡᠭᠡ/ᠬᠡᠭᠡᠨ ke/kege/kegen (Khalkha: хээ khee) 'pattern, piping, design, stamp'.[8]: 438, 442 
  4. [4]
    See the separated  ᠬᠢ ‑ki suffix.[8]
  5. [5]
    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 
  6. [6]
    Separated suffixes starting with the letter k include:  ᠬᠢ ‑ki or  ᠬᠢᠨ ‑kin (case-bound possession).[10]

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