Ba (Mongolic)

Ba 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

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 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]: (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 [note 2]	ᠪᠢ [note 3]	ᠪᠣ	ᠪᠥ᠋	Alone
ᠪᠠ‍	ᠪᠢ‍	ᠪᠣ‍	ᠪᠥ‍	Initial
‍ᠪᠠ‍	‍ᠪᠢ‍	‍ᠪᠣ‍		Medial
‍ᠪᠠ	‍ᠪᠢ	‍ᠪᠣ		Final

Separated suffixes[note 4]
‑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.^{[citation needed]}
• 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

Main article: Clear Script

Xibe language

Main article: Xibe language § Alphabet

Manchu language

Main article: Manchu alphabet

Notes

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