La 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]: 13, 17 [3]: 546 [4]: 212, 214 | |
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l | Transliteration[note 1] |
(ᠯ) | Initial[note 2] |
ᠯ | Medial (syllable-initial) |
Medial (syllable-final) | |
ᠯ | Final |
C-V syllables[6]: 8 | |||||
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l‑a, l‑e | la, le | li | lo, lu | lö, lü | Transliteration |
— | ᠯᠠ [note 3] |
ᠯᠢ | ᠯᠣ᠋ | ᠯᠥ᠋ | Alone |
ᠯᠠ | ᠯᠢ | ᠯᠣ | ᠯᠥ | Initial | |
ᠯᠠ | ᠯᠢ | ᠯᠣ | Medial | ||
ᠯᠠ⟨?⟩ ⟨⟩ | ᠯᠠ | ᠯᠢ | ᠯᠣ | Final |
Separated suffixes[note 4] | |
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‑lu, ‑lü | Transliteration |
ᠯᠤ | Initial |