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Sha (Mongolic)

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

Mongolian language

Quick facts The Mongolian script, Mongolian vowels ...
Sha
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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More information š, Transliteration ...
Letter[2]: 13, 17, 23 [3]: 546 [4]: 212, 214 
š Transliteration[note 1]
ᠱ‍ Initial
‍ᠱ‍ Medial (syllable-initial)
Medial (syllable-final)
(‍ᠱ) Final[note 2]
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More information C-V syllables: 41, ša, še ...
C-V syllables[6]: 41 
ša, še ši šo šu šö, šü Transliteration
ᠱᠠ
[note 3]
ᠱᠢ ᠱᠣ᠋ ᠱᠥ᠋ Alone
ᠱᠣ
[note 4]
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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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