Ba 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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Ba
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]: (12), 17, 22 [3]: 546 [4]: 212–213 
b Transliteration[note 1]
ᠪ‍ Initial
‍ᠪ‍ Medial (syllable-initial)
Medial (syllable-final)
‍ᠪ Final
C-V syllables[6]: 16 
ba, be bi bo, bu bö, bü Transliteration
ᠪᠠ[lower-alpha 1] ᠪᠢ[lower-alpha 2] ᠪᠣ ᠪᠥ᠋ Alone
ᠪᠠ‍ ᠪᠢ‍ ᠪᠣ‍ ᠪᠥ‍ Initial
‍ᠪᠠ‍ ‍ᠪᠢ‍ ‍ᠪᠣ‍ Medial
‍ᠪᠠ ‍ᠪᠢ ‍ᠪᠣ Final
Separated suffixes[note 2]
‑ban, ‑ben ‑bar, ‑ber Transliteration
 ᠪᠠᠨ  ᠪᠠᠷ Whole
  • Transcribes Chakhar /b/;[10][11] Khalkha /p/, /w/, and /∅/.[12]: 40–42  Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter б.[6][5]
  • For Classical Mongolian, Latin v is used only for transcribing foreign words, so most в (v) in Mongolian Cyrillic correspond to б (b) in Classical Mongolian.
  • Derived from Old Uyghur pe (𐽼).[3]: 539–540, 545–546 [13]: 111, 115 [14]: 35 
  • Produced with B using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[15]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, b comes after ng and before p.

Clear Script

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Xibe language

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Manchu language

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Notes

  1. ↑ As in ᠪᠠ ba (ба ba) 'and'.[8]: 64 [2]: 22 
  2. ↑ As in ᠪᠢ bi (би bi) 'I'.[8]: 101 [2]: 22 
  1. ↑ Scholarly transliteration.[5]
  2. ↑ Separated suffixes starting with the letter b include:  ᠪᠠᠨ ‑ban/‑ben (reflexive), and  ᠪᠠᠷ ‑bar/‑ber (instrumental).[9]

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. 1 2 3 Poppe, Nicholas (1974). Grammar of Written Mongolian. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-00684-2.
  3. 1 2 Daniels, Peter T.; Bright, William (1996). The World's Writing Systems. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507993-7.
  4. ↑ Bat-Ireedui, Jantsangiyn; Sanders, Alan J. K. (2015-08-14). Colloquial Mongolian: The Complete Course for Beginners. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-30598-9.
  5. 1 2 "Mongolian transliterations" (PDF). Institute of the Estonian Language. 2006-05-06.
  6. 1 2 Skorodumova, L. G. (2000). Vvedenie v staropismenny mongolskiy yazyk Введение в старописьменный монгольский язык (PDF) (in Russian). Muravey-Gayd. ISBN 5-8463-0015-4.
  7. ↑ "Mongolian Transliteration & Transcription". collab.its.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  8. 1 2 Lessing, Ferdinand (1960). Mongolian-English Dictionary (PDF). University of California Press. Note that this dictionary uses the transliterations c, ø, x, y, z, ai, and ei; instead of č, ö, q, ü, ǰ, ayi, and eyi;: xii  as well as problematically and incorrectly treats all rounded vowels (o/u/ö/ü) after the initial syllable as u or ü.[7]
  9. ↑ "PROPOSAL Encode Mongolian Suffix Connector (U+180F) To Replace Narrow Non-Breaking Space (U+202F)" (PDF). UTC Document Register for 2017. 2017-01-15.
  10. ↑ "Mongolian Traditional Script". Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Mongolian Language Site. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  11. ↑ "Writing – Study Mongolian". Study Mongolian. August 2013. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  12. ↑ Svantesson, Jan-Olof; Tsendina, Anna; Karlsson, Anastasia; Franzen, Vivan (2005-02-10). The Phonology of Mongolian. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-151461-6.
  13. ↑ Clauson, Gerard (2005-11-04). Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-43012-3.
  14. ↑ Janhunen, Juha (2006-01-27). The Mongolic Languages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-79690-7.
  15. ↑ jowilco. "Windows keyboard layouts - Globalization". Microsoft Docs. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
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