A (Mongolic)

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

Mongolian language

Main articles: Mongolian script, Mongolian writing systems, and Mongolian language

A
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 ɣ/g ᠮ m ᠯ l ᠰ s ᠱ š ᠲ t ᠳ d ᠴ č ᠵ ǰ ᠶ y ᠷ r ᠸ (w)
Mongolian script multigraphs
Galik alphabet
v t e

Letter[2]: 17, 18 [3]: 546
‑a	a	Transliteration[note 1]
—	ᠠ [note 2]	Alone
	ᠠ᠋ [note 3]
	[note 4]
	ᠠ‍ [note 5]	Initial
	‍ᠠ‍	Medial
	‍ᠠ	Connected final
᠎ᠠ⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩	—	Separated final

Ligatures[2]: 22–23 [3]: 546
ba	pa	Transliteration
ᠪᠠ [note 6]	ᠫᠠ	Alone
ᠪᠠ‍	ᠫᠠ‍	Initial
‍ᠪᠠ‍	‍ᠫᠠ‍	Medial
‍ᠪᠠ	‍ᠫᠠ	Final

Separated suffixes[note 7]
‑a	Transliteration
ᠠ‍⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩	Initial
ᠠ⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩	Whole

• Transcribes Chakhar /ɑ/;^[8][9] Khalkha /a/, /ə/, and /∅/.^{[10]: 40–42} Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter а.^[11][4]
• Medial and final forms may be distinguished from those of other tooth-shaped letters through: vowel harmony (e), the shape of adjacent consonants (q/k and ɣ/g), and position in syllable sequence (n, ng, q, ɣ, d).^[12]
• The final tail extends to the left after bow-shaped consonants (such as b, and p), and to the right in all other cases.
• ‍ᠠ᠋‍ = medial form used after the junction in a proper name compound.^[13]: 44
• ‍ᠠ᠋^⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩ = connected galik final.^{[2]: 26–28 [13]: 38–39}
• Derived from Old Uyghur aleph (𐽰), written twice for isolate and initial forms.^{[3]: 539–540, 545–546 [14]: 111, 113 [13]: 35}
• Produced with A using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.^[15]
• In the Mongolian Unicode block, a comes before e.

Clear Script

Main article: Clear Script

Xibe language

Main article: Xibe language § Alphabet

Manchu language

Main article: Manchu alphabet

Notes

1. Scholarly transliteration.^[4]
2. As in the interjection ᠠ a (Khalkha: аа aa) 'a!, oh!, well!'.^[6]: 1
3. As in the exclamation ⟨ᠠ᠋; ⟩ a/e (Khalkha: аа/ээ/оо/өө aa/ee/oo/öö), or interjection ᠡ e (Khalkha: ээ ee) 'oh!'.^{[6]: 1, 284}
4. As in the exclamation ⟨ᠠ᠋; ⟩ a/e (Khalkha: аа/ээ/оо/өө aa/ee/oo/öö).^[6]: 1
5. Also used in enumerations, akin to a) or b).^[2]: 18
6. As in ᠪᠠ ba (Khalkha: ба ba) 'and'.^{[6]: 64 [2]: 22}
7. Separated suffixes starting with, or made up by the letter a include:  ᠠ^⟨?⟩ ‑a (vocative or dative-locative),  ᠠᠴᠠ^⟨?⟩ ‑ača (ablative), and  ᠠᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ^⟨?⟩ ‑ačaɣan (reflexive+ablative).^[7]