Qa is a letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages.[1]: 549–551
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The Mongolian script | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Letter[2]: 14, 17, 21, 24–25 [3]: 546 [4]: 212–213 | ||
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q | k | Transliteration[note 1] |
ᠬ | Initial | |
ᠬ | Medial (syllable-initial) | |
— | — | Medial (syllable-final) |
— | — | Final |
C-V syllables[2]: 15 [6]: 19 | ||||||
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q‑a | qa | ke | ki | qo, qu | kö, kü | Transliteration |
— | ᠬᠠ[a] | ᠬᠡ[b] | ᠬᠢ[c] | ᠬᠣ᠋ | ᠬᠥ⟨?⟩ ⟨w/o tail⟩[d] | Alone |
ᠬᠥ᠋⟨?⟩ ⟨w/ tail⟩ | ||||||
— | ᠬᠠ | ᠬᠡ | ᠬᠢ | ᠬᠣ | ᠬᠥ | Initial |
— | ᠬᠠ | ᠬᠡ | ᠬᠢ | ᠬᠣ | ᠬᠥ | Medial |
ᠬᠠ⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩ | — | ᠬᠡ | ᠬᠢ | ᠬᠣ | ᠬᠥ | Final |
Separated suffixes[note 2] | ||
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‑ki | ‑kin | Transliteration |
ᠬᠢ | ᠬᠢᠨ | Whole |