Sha (Mongolic)

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

Sha 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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Sha
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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Letter[2]:13,17,23[3]:546[4]:212,214
š Transliteration[note 1]
Initial
Medial (syllable-initial)
Medial (syllable-final)
() Final[note 2]
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C-V syllables[6]:41
ša, še ši šo šu šö, šü Transliteration
ᠱᠠ
[note 3]
ᠱᠢ ᠱᠣ ᠱᠥ Alone
ᠱᠣ
[note 4]
ᠱᠠ ᠱᠢ ᠱᠣ ᠱᠥ Initial
ᠱᠠ ᠱᠢ ᠱᠣ Medial
ᠱᠠ ᠱᠢ ᠱᠣ Final
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  • Transcribes Chakhar /ʃ/;[9][10] Khalkha /ʃ/.[citation needed] Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter ш.[6][5]
  • Final š is only found in modern Mongolian words.[2]:15[11]:37
  • Derived from Old Uyghur merged samekh and shin (𐽻 and 𐽿).[3]:539–540,545–546[12]:111,113–114[11]:35
  • Produced with X using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[13]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, š comes after s and before t.

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Xibe language

Manchu language

Notes

  1. Scholarly transliteration.[5]
  2. Not found in native Mongolian words.
  3. As in ᠱᠠ ša (Khalkha: шаа shaa) 'crape, netting'.[8]:747
  4. As in ᠱᠣ šo (Khalkha: шоо shoo) 'dice, oracle bones'.[8]:754

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