Ang (Mongolic)

Ang is a letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages.[1]:549–551

Mongolian language

Ang
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]:15,17[3]:546[4]:212–213
ng (ŋ) Transliteration[note 1]
Initial
Medial (syllable-initial)
Medial (syllable-final)
Final
  • Transcribes Chakhar /ŋ/;[6][7] Khalkha /ŋ/.[8]:40–42 Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letters нг.[9][5]
  • Derived from Old Uyghur nun-kaph (𐽺 and 𐽷) digraph.[3]:539–540,545–546[10]:111,115[11]:35
  • Produced with ⇧ Shift+N using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[12]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, ng comes after n and before b.

Clear Script

Xibe language

Manchu language

Notes

    1. Scholarly transliteration, with alternative in parentheses.[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. Poppe, Nicholas (1974). Grammar of Written Mongolian. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-00684-2.
    3. 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. "Mongolian transliterations" (PDF). Institute of the Estonian Language. 2006-05-06.
    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. Clauson, Gerard (2005-11-04). Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-43012-3.
    11. Janhunen, Juha (2006-01-27). The Mongolic Languages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-79690-7.
    12. jowilco. "Windows keyboard layouts - Globalization". Microsoft Docs. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
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