Ya (Mongolic)

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

Ya 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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Ya
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 y, Transliteration ...
Letter[2]: 14, 17, 24 [3]: 546 [4]: 40–42 [5]: 212, 214–15 
y Transliteration[note 1]
ᠶ‍ Initial
‍ᠶ᠋‍⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩ Medial (syllable-initial)
‍ᠶ‍⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩ Medial (syllable-initial; diphthongs)
— Medial (syllable-final)
— Final
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C-V syllables[7]: 25 
y‑a, y‑e ya, ye yi yo, yu yö, yü Transliteration
— ᠶᠠ ᠶᠢ ᠶᠣ᠋ ᠶᠥ᠋ Alone
ᠶᠠ‍ ᠶᠢ‍ ᠶᠣ‍ ᠶᠥ‍ Initial
‍ᠶᠠ‍ ‍ᠶᠢ‍ ‍ᠶᠣ‍ Medial
‍ᠶ᠎ᠠ⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩ ‍ᠶᠠ ‍ᠶᠢ ‍ᠶᠣ Final
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Separated suffixes[note 2]
‑y(...) ‑yi ‑yin ‑yuɣan ‑yügen Transliteration
 ᠶᠢ⟨?⟩  ᠶᠢᠨ⟨?⟩ — Whole
—  ᠶᠤᠭᠠᠨ  ᠶᠦᠭᠡᠨ⟨?⟩
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  • Transcribes Chakhar /j/;[9][10] Khalkha /j/.[11]: 40–42  Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter й.[7][6]
  • Derived from Old Uyghur yodh (𐽶) originally, and also later in the 19th century from Manchu yodh with an upturn ⟨ᠶ‍⟩ as an initial form.[12]: 59 [3]: 545, 546 [4]: 40 
  • Produced with Y using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[13]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, y comes after ǰ and before r.

Clear Script

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Xibe language

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Main article: Xibe language § Alphabet

Manchu language

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Main article: Manchu alphabet

Notes

  1. [1]
    Scholarly transliteration.[6]
  2. [2]
    Separated suffixes starting with the letter y include:  ᠶᠢ⟨?⟩ ‑yi (accusative),  ᠶᠢᠨ⟨?⟩ ‑yin (genitive), and  ᠶᠤᠭᠠᠨ⟨?⟩/ ᠶᠦᠭᠡᠨ⟨?⟩ ‑yuɣan/‑yügen (reflexive+accusative).[8]

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