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
a
e
i
o
u
ö
ü
(ē)
Mongolian consonants
n
ng
b
(p)
q/k
γ/g
m
l
s
š
t
d
č
ǰ
y
r
(w)
Foreign consonants
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
C-V syllables[7]: 25 
y‑a, y‑e ya, ye yi yo, yu , Transliteration
ᠶᠠ ᠶᠢ ᠶᠣ᠋ ᠶᠥ᠋ Alone
ᠶᠠ‍ ᠶᠢ‍ ᠶᠣ‍ ᠶᠥ‍ Initial
‍ᠶᠠ‍ ‍ᠶᠢ‍ ‍ᠶᠣ‍ Medial
‍ᠶ᠎ᠠ⟨?⟩    ‍ᠶᠠ ‍ᠶᠢ ‍ᠶᠣ Final
Separated suffixes[note 2]
‑y(...) ‑yi ‑yin ‑yuγan ‑yügen Transliteration
   ᠶᠢ⟨?⟩  ᠶᠢᠨ⟨?⟩ Whole
   ᠶᠤᠭᠠᠨ  ᠶᠦᠭᠡᠨ⟨?⟩
  • 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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Manchu language

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Notes

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

References

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  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. ^ Poppe, Nicholas (1974). Grammar of Written Mongolian. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-00684-2.
  3. ^ a b Daniels, Peter T.; Bright, William (1996). The World's Writing Systems. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507993-7.
  4. ^ a b Janhunen, Juha (2006-01-27). The Mongolic Languages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-79690-7.
  5. ^ Bat-Ireedui, Jantsangiyn; Sanders, Alan J. K. (2015-08-14). Colloquial Mongolian: The Complete Course for Beginners. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-30598-9.
  6. ^ a b "Mongolian transliterations" (PDF). Institute of the Estonian Language. 2006-05-06.
  7. ^ a b Skorodumova, L. G. (2000). Vvedenie v staropismenny mongolskiy yazyk Введение в старописьменный монгольский язык (PDF) (in Russian). Muravey-Gayd. ISBN 5-8463-0015-4.
  8. ^ "PROPOSAL Encode Mongolian Suffix Connector (U+180F) To Replace Narrow Non-Breaking Space (U+202F)" (PDF). UTC Document Register for 2017. 2017-01-15.
  9. ^ "Mongolian Traditional Script". Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Mongolian Language Site. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  10. ^ "Writing – Study Mongolian". Study Mongolian. August 2013. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  11. ^ Svantesson, Jan-Olof; Tsendina, Anna; Karlsson, Anastasia; Franzen, Vivan (2005-02-10). The Phonology of Mongolian. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-151461-6.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ jowilco. "Windows keyboard layouts - Globalization". Microsoft Docs. Retrieved 2022-05-16.