U (Mongolic)

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

U
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]:17,19–20[3]:546
u Transliteration[note 1]
Alone
Initial
Medial
Final
Ligatures[2]:22–23[3]:546
bu pu Transliteration
ᠪᠤ ᠫᠤ Alone
ᠪᠤ ᠫᠤ Initial
ᠪᠤ ᠫᠤ Medial
ᠪᠤ ᠫᠤ Final
Separated suffixes[note 2]
u(...) u un ud uruɣu Transliteration
? Whole
ᠤᠨ? ᠤᠳ?
ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ?
  • Transcribes Chakhar /ʊ/;[6][7] Khalkha /ʊ/, /ə/, and //.[8]:40–42 Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter у.[9][4]
  • Indistinguishable from o, except where u can be inferred from its context:
    • u is found in medial or final syllables if a/u are found syllable-initially (and most often after a syllable-initial i).[2]:19[10]:9–10
  • = medial form used after the junction in a proper name compound.[11]:44
  • Derived from Old Uyghur waw (𐽳), preceded by an aleph (𐽰) for isolate and initial forms.[3]:539–540,545–546[12]:111,113[11]:35
  • Produced with V using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[13]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, u comes after o and before ö.

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Manchu language

Notes

References

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