Wa (Mongolic)

Wa 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

Wa
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]: 38 [3]: 44–45
w (v)	Transliteration[note 1]
ᠸ‍ [note 2]	Initial
‍ᠸ‍ [note 3]	Medial (syllable-initial)
	Medial (syllable-final)
‍ᠸ⟨?⟩ ⟨‍ᠧ⟩ [note 4]	Final

C-V syllables[3]: 44–45
w‑a, w‑e[a]	wa, we	wi	wo, wu	wö, wü	Transliteration
—	ᠸᠠ [note 5]	ᠸᠢ	ᠸᠣ᠋	ᠸᠥ᠋	Alone
	ᠸᠠ‍	ᠸᠢ‍	ᠸᠣ‍	ᠸᠥ‍	Initial
	‍ᠸᠠ‍	‍ᠸᠢ‍	‍ᠸᠣ‍		Medial
‍ᠸ᠎ᠠ⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩ [note 6]	‍ᠸᠠ	‍ᠸᠢ	‍ᠸᠣ		Final

• Transcribes Chakhar /w/;^[9][12] Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter в.^[3][4]
• Used to transcribe foreign words (originally for v in Sanskrit व /va/). Transcribes /w/ in Tibetan ཝ /wa/;^{[13]: 254 [5]: 28 [14]: 113} Old Uyghur and Chinese loanwords.^{[2]: 34–35}

• Indistinguishable from ē, except when inferred by its placement: typically between vowels, but also when it follows a consonant and precedes a vowel.^[2]: 38 In many xylographs also indistinguishable from the straight form of y ⟨⟩.^[15]: 59

• Derived from Old Uyghur bet (𐽱),^{[16]: 539–540, 545–546 [14]: 111, 113} and waw (𐽳, before a separated vowel).^{[citation needed]}
• Produced with ⇧ Shift+W using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.^[17]
• In the Mongolian Unicode block, w comes after r.

Clear Script

Main article: Clear Script

Xibe language

Main article: Xibe language § Alphabet

Manchu language

Main article: Manchu alphabet

Notes

1. ^[8][9]

1. Scholarly transliteration, with alternative in parentheses.^[4]
2. As in ᠸᠴᠢᠷ wčir (Khalkha: очир ochir) 'thunderbolt', or ᠸᠢᠸᠠᠩᠬᠢᠷᠢᠳ vivangkirid/wiwanggirid (Khalkha: вивангирид vivangirid) 'prophecy'.^{[5]: 12, 30 [3]: 44 [6]}
3. As in ᠳᠠᠸᠠ dawa (Khalkha: даваа davaa) 'Monday', or ᠫᠠᠸᠯᠣᠸ^⟨?⟩ pawlow.^{[7]: 74 [3]: 44–45}
4. As in ᠫᠠᠸᠯᠣᠸ^⟨?⟩ pawlow.^{[3]: 45 [6]}
5. As in ᠸᠠ/ᠸᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ/ᠸᠠᠭᠠᠯ wa/waɣ‑a/waɣal (Khalkha: ваа/ваал vaa/vaal) 'fungoid growth, mold'.^[11]: 894
6. As in ᠪᠣᠳᠢᠰᠠᠳ᠋ᠸ᠎ᠠ^⟨?⟩ bodisad(u/w)‑a (Khalkha: бодисадва bodisadva) 'bodhisattva'.^{[11]: 109 [3]: 45 [6]}