Na (Mongolic)#Mongolian language

{{Short description|Letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages}}

Na is a letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages.{{Cite web |title=The Unicode Standard, Version 14.0 – Core Specification Chapter 13: South and Central Asia-II, Other Modern Scripts |url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode14.0.0/ch13.pdf |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=www.unicode.org}}{{Rp|pages=549–551}}

Mongolian language

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{{Infobox Mongolian script letter

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; display: inline-table;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align: left" \|Letter{{Cite book \|last=Poppe \|first=Nicholas \|url=https://archive.org/details/poppegrammarofwrittenmongolian1974/page/n1/mode/1up \|title=Grammar of Written Mongolian \|year=1974 \|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag \|isbn=978-3-447-00684-2 \|language=en}}{{Rp\|pages=17, 20–21}}{{Cite book \|last1=Daniels \|first1=Peter T. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ospMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA545 \|title=The World's Writing Systems \|last2=Bright \|first2=William \|year=1996 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-19-507993-7 \|language=en}}{{Rp\|page=546}}{{Cite book \|last1=Bat-Ireedui \|first1=Jantsangiyn \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbhgCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA211 \|title=Colloquial Mongolian: The Complete Course for Beginners \|last2=Sanders \|first2=Alan J. K. \|date=2015-08-14 \|publisher=Routledge \|isbn=978-1-317-30598-9 \|language=en}}{{Rp\|pages=212–213}}
style="min-width: 1.75em" \|{{Transliteration\|Mong\|n}} ! style="text-align: left" \|Transliteration{{NoteTag\|Scholarly transliteration.{{Cite web \|title=Mongolian transliterations \|url=https://transliteration.eki.ee/pdf/Mongolian.pdf \|date=2006-05-06 \|website=Institute of the Estonian Language}}}}
{{MongolUnicode\|ᠨ{{zwj}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} ! style="text-align: left" \|Initial
{{Nowrap\|{{MongolUnicode\|{{zwj}}ᠨ{{fvs\|1}}{{zwj}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}}Mongolian script#Unicode}} {{Nowrap\|{{Angbr\|File:Mongolian letter Na (medial form-2).svg}}}} ! style="text-align: left" \|Medial (syllable-initial)
{{Nowrap\|{{MongolUnicode\|{{zwj}}ᠨ{{zwj}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}}Mongolian script#Unicode}} {{Nowrap\|{{Angbr\|File:Mongolian letter Na (medial form).svg}}}} ! style="text-align: left" \|Medial (syllable-final)
{{MongolUnicode\|{{zwj}}ᠨ\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} ! style="text-align: left" \|Final

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! colspan="2" style="text-align: left" |Letter{{Cite book |last=Poppe |first=Nicholas |url=https://archive.org/details/poppegrammarofwrittenmongolian1974/page/n1/mode/1up |title=Grammar of Written Mongolian |year=1974 |publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |isbn=978-3-447-00684-2 |language=en}}{{Rp|pages=17, 20–21}}{{Cite book |last1=Daniels |first1=Peter T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ospMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA545 |title=The World's Writing Systems |last2=Bright |first2=William |year=1996 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-507993-7 |language=en}}{{Rp|page=546}}{{Cite book |last1=Bat-Ireedui |first1=Jantsangiyn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbhgCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA211 |title=Colloquial Mongolian: The Complete Course for Beginners |last2=Sanders |first2=Alan J. K. |date=2015-08-14 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-30598-9 |language=en}}{{Rp|pages=212–213}}

style="min-width: 1.75em" |{{Transliteration|Mong|n}}

! style="text-align: left" |Transliteration{{NoteTag|Scholarly transliteration.{{Cite web |title=Mongolian transliterations |url=https://transliteration.eki.ee/pdf/Mongolian.pdf |date=2006-05-06 |website=Institute of the Estonian Language}}}}

{{MongolUnicode|ᠨ{{zwj}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

! style="text-align: left" |Initial

{{Nowrap|{{MongolUnicode|{{zwj}}ᠨ{{fvs|1}}{{zwj}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}Mongolian script#Unicode}} {{Nowrap|{{Angbr|File:Mongolian letter Na (medial form-2).svg}}}}

! style="text-align: left" |Medial (syllable-initial)

{{Nowrap|{{MongolUnicode|{{zwj}}ᠨ{{zwj}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}Mongolian script#Unicode}} {{Nowrap|{{Angbr|File:Mongolian letter Na (medial form).svg}}}}

! style="text-align: left" |Medial (syllable-final)

{{MongolUnicode|{{zwj}}ᠨ|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

! style="text-align: left" |Final

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; display: inline-table;" ! colspan="6" style="text-align: left" \|C-V syllables{{Cite book \|last=Skorodumova \|first=L. G. \|url=http://altaica.ru/manuals/skorodumova_staromong.pdf \|title=Vvedenie v staropismenny mongolskiy yazyk \|year=2000 \|publisher=Muravey-Gayd \|isbn=5-8463-0015-4 \|language=ru \|script-title=ru:Введение в старописьменный монгольский язык}}{{Rp\|page=8}}
style="min-width: 1.75em" \|{{Transliteration\|Mong\|n{{nbh}}a}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|n{{nbh}}e}} ! style="min-width: 1.75em" \|{{Transliteration\|Mong\|na}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|ne}} ! style="min-width: 1.75em" \|{{Transliteration\|Mong\|ni}} ! style="min-width: 1.75em" \|{{Transliteration\|Mong\|no}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|nu}} ! style="min-width: 1.75em" \|{{Transliteration\|Mong\|nö}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|nü}} ! style="text-align: left" \|Transliteration
rowspan="3" \|— \|{{Gray\|{{MongolUnicode\|ᠨᠠ\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}}}} \|{{MongolUnicode\|ᠨᠢ\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}}{{Break}}{{NoteTag\|As in {{MongolUnicode\|ᠨᠢ\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} {{Transliteration\|Mong\|ni}} (Khalkha: {{Lang\|khk-Cyrl\|нь}} {{Transliteration\|khk\|ni}}), a modern form used in place of {{MongolUnicode\|ᠠᠨᠤ\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} {{Transliteration\|Mong\|anu}} 'their' and {{MongolUnicode\|ᠢᠨᠤ\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} {{Transliteration\|Mong\|inu}} 'his'.{{Refn\|name=Lessing1960\|{{Cite book \|last=Lessing \|first=Ferdinand \|url=http://altaica.ru/LIBRARY/mong/Lessing.pdf \|title=Mongolian-English Dictionary \|year=1960 \|publisher=University of California Press \|language=en}} Note that this dictionary uses the transliterations {{Transliteration\|Mong\|c}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|ø}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|x}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|y}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|z}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|ai}}, and {{Transliteration\|Mong\|ei}}; instead of {{Transliteration\|Mong\|č}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|ö}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|q}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|ü}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|ǰ}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|ayi}}, and {{Transliteration\|Mong\|eyi}};{{Rp\|page=xii}} as well as problematically and incorrectly treats {{Em\|all}} rounded vowels ({{Transliteration\|Mong\|o/u/ö/ü}}) after the initial syllable as {{Transliteration\|Mong\|u}} or {{Transliteration\|Mong\|ü}}.{{Refn\|{{Cite web \|title=Mongolian Transliteration & Transcription \|url=https://collab.its.virginia.edu/wiki/tibetan-script/Mongolian%20Transliteration%20&%20Transcription.html \|access-date=2023-03-26 \|website=collab.its.virginia.edu}}}}}}{{Rp\|pages=46–47, 412, 577}}{{Rp\|page=139}}}} \|{{Gray\|{{MongolUnicode\|ᠨᠣ{{fvs\|1}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}}}} \|{{Gray\|{{MongolUnicode\|ᠨᠥ{{fvs\|1}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}}}} ! style="text-align: left" \|Alone
{{MongolUnicode\|ᠨᠠ{{zwj}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} \|{{MongolUnicode\|ᠨᠢ{{zwj}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} \|{{MongolUnicode\|ᠨᠣ{{zwj}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} \|{{MongolUnicode\|ᠨᠥ{{zwj}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} ! style="text-align: left" \|Initial
{{MongolUnicode\|{{zwj}}ᠨᠠ{{zwj}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} \|{{MongolUnicode\|{{zwj}}ᠨᠢ{{zwj}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} \| colspan="2" \|{{MongolUnicode\|{{zwj}}ᠨᠣ{{zwj}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} ! style="text-align: left" \|Medial
{{Nowrap\|{{MongolUnicode\|{{zwj}}ᠨ{{mvs}}ᠠ\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}}Mongolian script#Unicode}} {{Nowrap\|{{Angbr\|{{MongolUnicode\|File:3mg n2 final.png File:3mg ae2 final 2.png\|valign=middle}}}}}} \|{{MongolUnicode\|{{zwj}}ᠨᠠ\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} \|{{MongolUnicode\|{{zwj}}ᠨᠢ\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} \| colspan="2" \|{{MongolUnicode\|{{zwj}}ᠨᠣ\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} ! style="text-align: left" \|Final

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! colspan="6" style="text-align: left" |C-V syllables{{Cite book |last=Skorodumova |first=L. G. |url=http://altaica.ru/manuals/skorodumova_staromong.pdf |title=Vvedenie v staropismenny mongolskiy yazyk |year=2000 |publisher=Muravey-Gayd |isbn=5-8463-0015-4 |language=ru |script-title=ru:Введение в старописьменный монгольский язык}}{{Rp|page=8}}

style="min-width: 1.75em" |{{Transliteration|Mong|n{{nbh}}a}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|n{{nbh}}e}}

! style="min-width: 1.75em" |{{Transliteration|Mong|na}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|ne}}

! style="min-width: 1.75em" |{{Transliteration|Mong|ni}}

! style="min-width: 1.75em" |{{Transliteration|Mong|no}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|nu}}

! style="min-width: 1.75em" |{{Transliteration|Mong|nö}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|nü}}

! style="text-align: left" |Transliteration

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|{{Gray|{{MongolUnicode|ᠨᠠ|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}}}

|{{MongolUnicode|ᠨᠢ|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}{{Break}}{{NoteTag|As in {{MongolUnicode|ᠨᠢ|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}} {{Transliteration|Mong|ni}} (Khalkha: {{Lang|khk-Cyrl|нь}} {{Transliteration|khk|ni}}), a modern form used in place of {{MongolUnicode|ᠠᠨᠤ|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}} {{Transliteration|Mong|anu}} 'their' and {{MongolUnicode|ᠢᠨᠤ|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}} {{Transliteration|Mong|inu}} 'his'.{{Refn|name=Lessing1960|{{Cite book |last=Lessing |first=Ferdinand |url=http://altaica.ru/LIBRARY/mong/Lessing.pdf |title=Mongolian-English Dictionary |year=1960 |publisher=University of California Press |language=en}} Note that this dictionary uses the transliterations {{Transliteration|Mong|c}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|ø}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|x}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|y}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|z}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|ai}}, and {{Transliteration|Mong|ei}}; instead of {{Transliteration|Mong|č}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|ö}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|q}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|ü}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|ǰ}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|ayi}}, and {{Transliteration|Mong|eyi}};{{Rp|page=xii}} as well as problematically and incorrectly treats {{Em|all}} rounded vowels ({{Transliteration|Mong|o/u/ö/ü}}) after the initial syllable as {{Transliteration|Mong|u}} or {{Transliteration|Mong|ü}}.{{Refn|{{Cite web |title=Mongolian Transliteration & Transcription |url=https://collab.its.virginia.edu/wiki/tibetan-script/Mongolian%20Transliteration%20&%20Transcription.html |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=collab.its.virginia.edu}}}}}}{{Rp|pages=46–47, 412, 577}}{{Rp|page=139}}}}

|{{Gray|{{MongolUnicode|ᠨᠣ{{fvs|1}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}}}

|{{Gray|{{MongolUnicode|ᠨᠥ{{fvs|1}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}}}

! style="text-align: left" |Alone

{{MongolUnicode|ᠨᠠ{{zwj}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

|{{MongolUnicode|ᠨᠢ{{zwj}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

|{{MongolUnicode|ᠨᠣ{{zwj}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

|{{MongolUnicode|ᠨᠥ{{zwj}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

! style="text-align: left" |Initial

{{MongolUnicode|{{zwj}}ᠨᠠ{{zwj}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

|{{MongolUnicode|{{zwj}}ᠨᠢ{{zwj}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

| colspan="2" |{{MongolUnicode|{{zwj}}ᠨᠣ{{zwj}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

! style="text-align: left" |Medial

{{Nowrap|{{MongolUnicode|{{zwj}}ᠨ{{mvs}}ᠠ|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}Mongolian script#Unicode}} {{Nowrap|{{Angbr|{{MongolUnicode|File:3mg n2 final.png File:3mg ae2 final 2.png|valign=middle}}}}}}

|{{MongolUnicode|{{zwj}}ᠨᠠ|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

|{{MongolUnicode|{{zwj}}ᠨᠢ|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

| colspan="2" |{{MongolUnicode|{{zwj}}ᠨᠣ|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

! style="text-align: left" |Final

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; display: inline-table;" ! colspan="3" style="text-align: left" \|Separated suffixes{{NoteTag\|Separated suffixes starting with the letter {{Transliteration\|Mong\|n}} include: {{MongolUnicode\|{{nnbsp}}ᠨᠠᠷ\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} {{Transliteration\|Mong\|{{nbh}}nar}}/{{Transliteration\|Mong\|{{nbh}}ner}} or {{MongolUnicode\|{{nnbsp}}ᠨᠤᠭᠤᠳ\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}}/{{Nowrap\|{{MongolUnicode\|{{nnbsp}}ᠨᠦᠭᠦᠳ\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}}Mongolian script#Unicode}} {{Transliteration\|Mong\|{{nbh}}nuɣud}}/{{Transliteration\|Mong\|{{nbh}}nügüd}} (plural).{{Refn\|{{Cite web \|title=PROPOSAL Encode Mongolian Suffix Connector (U+180F) To Replace Narrow Non-Breaking Space (U+202F) \|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17036-mongolian-suffix.pdf \|date=2017-01-15 \|website=UTC Document Register for 2017}}}}}}
style="min-width: 1.75em" \|{{Transliteration\|Mong\|{{nbh}}na}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|{{nbh}}ne}} ! style="min-width: 1.75em" \|{{Transliteration\|Mong\|{{nbh}}nu}}, {{Transliteration\|Mong\|{{nbh}}nü}} ! style="text-align: left" \|Transliteration
{{MongolUnicode\|{{nnbsp}}ᠨᠠ{{zwj}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} \|{{MongolUnicode\|{{nnbsp}}ᠨᠤ{{zwj}}\|lang=mn\|font-size=1.6em\|valign=middle}} ! style="text-align: left" \|Initial

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! colspan="3" style="text-align: left" |Separated suffixes{{NoteTag|Separated suffixes starting with the letter {{Transliteration|Mong|n}} include: {{MongolUnicode|{{nnbsp}}ᠨᠠᠷ|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}} {{Transliteration|Mong|{{nbh}}nar}}/{{Transliteration|Mong|{{nbh}}ner}} or {{MongolUnicode|{{nnbsp}}ᠨᠤᠭᠤᠳ|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}/{{Nowrap|{{MongolUnicode|{{nnbsp}}ᠨᠦᠭᠦᠳ|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}Mongolian script#Unicode}} {{Transliteration|Mong|{{nbh}}nuɣud}}/{{Transliteration|Mong|{{nbh}}nügüd}} (plural).{{Refn|{{Cite web |title=PROPOSAL Encode Mongolian Suffix Connector (U+180F) To Replace Narrow Non-Breaking Space (U+202F) |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17036-mongolian-suffix.pdf |date=2017-01-15 |website=UTC Document Register for 2017}}}}}}

style="min-width: 1.75em" |{{Transliteration|Mong|{{nbh}}na}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|{{nbh}}ne}}

! style="min-width: 1.75em" |{{Transliteration|Mong|{{nbh}}nu}}, {{Transliteration|Mong|{{nbh}}nü}}

! style="text-align: left" |Transliteration

{{MongolUnicode|{{nnbsp}}ᠨᠠ{{zwj}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

|{{MongolUnicode|{{nnbsp}}ᠨᠤ{{zwj}}|lang=mn|font-size=1.6em|valign=middle}}

! style="text-align: left" |Initial

Transcribes Chakhar {{IPAslink|n}};{{Cite web |title=Mongolian Traditional Script |url=http://www.cjvlang.com/Writing/writmongol/index.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Mongolian Language Site}}{{Cite web |title=Writing – Study Mongolian |url=http://www.studymongolian.net/lessons/basics/writing/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Study Mongolian |date=August 2013 |language=en-US}} Khalkha {{IPAslink|n}}, and {{IPAslink|ŋ}}.{{Cite book |last1=Svantesson |first1=Jan-Olof |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hQVREAAAQBAJ |title=The Phonology of Mongolian |last2=Tsendina |first2=Anna |last3=Karlsson |first3=Anastasia |last4=Franzen |first4=Vivan |date=2005-02-10 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-151461-6 |language=en}}{{Rp|pages=40–42}} Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter {{Script|Cyrl|н}}.
Distinction from other tooth-shaped letters by position in syllable sequence.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
Dotted before a vowel (attached or separated); undotted before a consonant (syllable-final) or a whitespace.{{Rp|page=20}}{{Rp|page=546}}{{Cite web |title=A Study of Traditional Mongolian Script Encodings and Rendering: Use of Unicode in OpenType fonts |url=https://colips.org/journals/volume21/21.1.3-Biligsaikhan.pdf |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=COLIPS – Chinese and Oriental Languages Information Processing Society}}{{Rp|page=6}} Final dotted {{Transliteration|Mong|n}} is also found in modern Mongolian words.{{Cite book |last=Janhunen |first=Juha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DuCRAgAAQBAJ |title=The Mongolic Languages |date=2006-01-27 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-79690-7 |language=en}}{{Rp|page=37}} A dotted pre-consonantal variant can be used to clarify the spelling of {{Transliteration|Mong|n}} in words of foreign origin.{{Rp|pages=47–49}}
Derived from Old Uyghur nun ({{Lang|oui-Ougr|𐽺}}).{{Rp|pages=539–540, 545–546}}{{Cite book |last=Clauson |first=Gerard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8O-BAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA111 |title=Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics |date=2005-11-04 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-43012-3 |language=en}}{{Rp|pages=111, 114}}{{Rp|page=35}}
Produced with {{Key press|N}} using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.{{Cite web |last=jowilco |title=Windows keyboard layouts - Globalization |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/globalization/windows-keyboard-layouts |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Microsoft Docs |language=en-us}}
In the Mongolian Unicode block, {{Transliteration|Mong|n}} comes after {{Transliteration|Mong|ē}} and before {{Transliteration|Mong|ng}}.

Clear Script

Xibe language

Manchu language

Notes

References

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