Letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages
E is a letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages.[ 1] : 549–551
Mongolian language E
Ligatures [ 2] : 22–23, 24–25 [ 3] : 546
be
pe
ke , ge
Transliteration
ᠪᠡ [ note 4]
ᠫᠡ
ᠬᠡ [ note 5]
Alone
ᠪᠡ
ᠫᠡ
ᠬᠡ
Initial
ᠪᠡ
ᠫᠡ
ᠬᠡ
Medial
ᠪᠡ
ᠫᠡ
ᠬᠡ
Final
Separated suffixes[ note 6]
‑e
Transliteration
ᠡ
Initial
ᠡ ⟨?⟩ ⟨ ⟩
Whole
Transcribes Chakhar /ə / ;[ 8] [ 9] Khalkha /i / , /e / , /ə / , and /∅ / .[ 10] : 40–42 Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter э .[ 11] [ 4]
Medial and final forms may be distinguished from those of other tooth -shaped letters through: vowel harmony (a ) and its effect on the shape of a word's consonants (q/k and ɣ/g ), or position in syllable sequence (n , ng , d ).[ 12]
The final tail extends to the left after bow -shaped consonants (such as b , p , k , and g ), and to the right in all other cases.
ᠡ᠋ = an Old Mongolian initial form, as in ᠡ᠋ᠨᠡ ene 'this' (otherwise written ᠡᠨᠡ ).[ 6] : 316 [ 10] : 130
Derived from Old Uyghur aleph (𐽰 ).[ 3] : 539–540, 545–546 [ 13] : 111, 113 [ 14] : 35
Produced with E using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[ 15]
In the Mongolian Unicode block , e comes after a and before i .
Ee
Letter[ 14] : 38–39
ē (é )
Transliteration[ note 7]
ᠧ
Alone
ᠧ
Initial
ᠧ
Medial
ᠧ
Final
Example ligatures
fē
gē
kē
Transliteration
ᠹᠧ
ᠺᠧ
ᠻᠧ
Alone
ᠹᠧ
ᠺᠧ
ᠻᠧ
Initial
ᠹᠧ
ᠺᠧ
ᠻᠧ
Medial
ᠹᠧ
ᠺᠧ
ᠻᠧ
Final
Stands in for e in loanwords,[ 14] : 38 [ 9] such as in ᠧᠦ᠋ᠷᠣᠫᠠ ēüropa (Khalkha: Европ Yevrop ).[ 11] : 48 [ 16] Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter е .[ 11] [ 4]
Indistinguishable from w , except when inferred by its placement: typically between consonants.[ 14] : 38
Ultimately derived from Old Uyghur bet (𐽱 ).[ 14] : 38 [ 3] : 539–540, 545–546 [ 13] : 111, 113
Produced with ⇧ Shift +E using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[ 15]
In the Mongolian Unicode block , ē comes after ü and before n .
Clear Script
Xibe language
Manchu language
Notes
^ Scholarly transliteration.[ 4]
^ 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
^ As in the exclamation ⟨ᠠ᠋ ; ⟩ a/e (Khalkha: аа /ээ /оо /өө aa/ee/oo/öö ).[ 6] : 1
^ As in ᠪᠠ ba (Khalkha: ба ba ) 'and'.[ 6] : 64 [ 2] : 22
^ As in ᠬᠡ /ᠬᠡᠭᠡ /ᠬᠡᠭᠡᠨ ke/kege/kegen (Khalkha: хээ khee ) 'pattern, piping, design, stamp'.[ 6] : 438, 442
^ Separated suffixes starting with, or made up by the letter e include: ᠡ ⟨?⟩ ‑e (vocative or dative -locative ), ᠡᠴᠡ ‑eče (ablative ), and ᠡᠴᠡᠭᠡᠨ ‑ečegen (reflexive +ablative).[ 7]
^ Scholarly transliteration, with alternative in parentheses.[ 4]
References
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