Ba is a letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages.[1]: 549–551
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Letter[2]: (12), 17, 22 [3]: 546 [4]: 212–213 | |
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b | Transliteration[note 1] |
ᠪ | Initial |
ᠪ | Medial (syllable-initial) |
Medial (syllable-final) | |
ᠪ | Final |
C-V syllables[6]: 16 | ||||
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ba, be | bi | bo, bu | bö, bü | Transliteration |
ᠪᠠ[a] | ᠪᠢ[b] | ᠪᠣ | ᠪᠥ᠋ | Alone |
ᠪᠠ | ᠪᠢ | ᠪᠣ | ᠪᠥ | Initial |
ᠪᠠ | ᠪᠢ | ᠪᠣ | Medial | |
ᠪᠠ | ᠪᠢ | ᠪᠣ | Final |
Separated suffixes[note 2] | ||
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‑ban, ‑ben | ‑bar, ‑ber | Transliteration |
ᠪᠠᠨ | ᠪᠠᠷ | Whole |