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Монгол Цагаан ТолгойMongolian Alphabet

Mongolian Cyrillic

Uyghur-Mongolian Script Transcription IPA Pronunciation

1 А а A ]a[, ]æ[ a as in father or a as in can

2 Б б b [b] b as in book3 В в w (or v) ]w[, ]β[ w as in wool or v as in have to4 Г г g ]ɡ[, ]ɢ[, ]ɣ[, ]k[ g as in get or k as in talk

5 Д д d ]d[, ]t[ d as in doll or t as in hat6 Е е ye, yö ]jɛ[ or ]jɵ[ ye as in yet or yo as in yodel7 Ё ё yo ]jɔ[ yo as in yaw but more open

8 Ж ж j ]dʒ[ j as in just 9 З з z (or dz) ]ʣ[ dz as in adze10 И и i ]i[, ]ɨ[ ee as in feet or i as in bill 11 Й й i - used with diphthongs

12 К к k [k] k as in kick (only in foreign words)

13 Л л l ]ɮ[ l as in halls

14 М м m [m] m as in man

15 Н н n ]n[, ]ŋ[ n as in name or ng as in sang16 О о o ]ɔ[ o as in law but more open

17 Ө ө ö ]ɵ[ o as in French feu18 П п p [p] p as in pen

19 Р р r [r] rr as in Spanish perro but softer

20 С с s [s] s as in sky

21 Т т t [t] t as in tank

22 У у u ]ʊ[ o as in hole23 Ү ү ü ]ʉ[ oo as in tool24 Ф ф f [f] f as in front (only in foreign words)

25 Х х kh (or h) ]χ[ ch as in German Bach26 Ц ц ts ]ʦ[ ts as in cat’s eye27 Ч ч ch ]tʃ[ ch as in children28 Ш ш sh ]ʃ[ sh as in shake29 Щ щ shch ]stʃ[ only in Russian words

30 ъ - - used as syllable break in certain endings

31 ы ī (or y) [i] ee as in feet (only in case endings)

32 ь (like и but word final) ĭ (or ’) - changes previous vowel a>æ, ɔ>ɵ

33 Э э e [e] i as in bit or e as in bet34 Ю ю yu, yü ]jʊ[ or ]jʉ[ u as in use or yo as in yoke35 Я я ya [ja] ya as in yard

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