Ya is a letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages.
Mongolian language
LetterTransliterationInitial Medial (syllable-initial) Medial (syllable-initial; diphthongs)—Medial (syllable-final)—Final C-V syllables, , , , Transliteration—AloneInitialMedial Final Separated suffixesTransliteration—Whole— Transcribes Chakhar ; Khalkha . Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter . Derived from Old Uyghur yodh () originally, and also later in the 19th century from Manchu yodh with an upturn as an initial form. Produced with using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout. In the Mongolian Unicode block, comes after and before .
Clear Script
Xibe language
Manchu language
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