U 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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Main articles: Mongolian script, Mongolian writing systems, and Mongolian language
U
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​
γ/g
ᠮ​
m
ᠯ​
l
ᠰ​
s
ᠱ​
š
ᠲ​
t
ᠳ​
d
ᠴ​
č
ᠵ​
ǰ
ᠶ​
y
ᠷ​
r
ᠸ​
(w)
Foreign consonants
Letter[2]: 17, 19–20 [3]: 546 
u Transliteration[note 1]
ᠤ Alone
ᠤ‍ Initial
‍ᠤ‍ Medial
‍ᠤ 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 ‑uruγu Transliteration
 ᠤ⟨?⟩ — — — Whole
—  ᠤᠨ⟨?⟩  ᠤᠳ⟨?⟩
— —  ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ⟨?⟩

Clear Script

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Main article: Clear Script

Xibe language

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Main article: Xibe language § Alphabet

Manchu language

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Main article: Manchu alphabet

Notes

  1. ^ Scholarly transliteration.[4]
  2. ^ Separated suffixes starting with, or made up by the letter u include:  ᠤ⟨?⟩ ‑u or  ᠤᠨ⟨?⟩ ‑un (genitive),  ᠤᠳ⟨?⟩ ‑ud (plural), and  ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ⟨?⟩ ‑uruγu (directive).[5]

References

  1. ^ "The Unicode Standard, Version 14.0 – Core Specification Chapter 13: South and Central Asia-II, Other Modern Scripts" (PDF). www.unicode.org. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  2. ^ a b c Poppe, Nicholas (1974). Grammar of Written Mongolian. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-00684-2.
  3. ^ a b c Daniels, Peter T.; Bright, William (1996). The World's Writing Systems. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507993-7.
  4. ^ a b "Mongolian transliterations" (PDF). Institute of the Estonian Language. 2006-05-06.
  5. ^ "PROPOSAL Encode Mongolian Suffix Connector (U+180F) To Replace Narrow Non-Breaking Space (U+202F)" (PDF). UTC Document Register for 2017. 2017-01-15.
  6. ^ "Mongolian Traditional Script". Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Mongolian Language Site. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  7. ^ "Writing – Study Mongolian". Study Mongolian. August 2013. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  8. ^ Svantesson, Jan-Olof; Tsendina, Anna; Karlsson, Anastasia; Franzen, Vivan (2005-02-10). The Phonology of Mongolian. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-151461-6.
  9. ^ Skorodumova, L. G. (2000). Vvedenie v staropismenny mongolskiy yazyk Введение в старописьменный монгольский язык (PDF) (in Russian). Muravey-Gayd. ISBN 5-8463-0015-4.
  10. ^ Grønbech, Kaare; Krueger, John Richard (1993). An Introduction to Classical (literary) Mongolian: Introduction, Grammar, Reader, Glossary. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-03298-8.
  11. ^ a b Janhunen, Juha (2006-01-27). The Mongolic Languages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-79690-7.
  12. ^ Clauson, Gerard (2005-11-04). Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-43012-3.
  13. ^ jowilco. "Windows keyboard layouts - Globalization". Microsoft Docs. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
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