E is a letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages.
Mongolian language
LetterTransliteration—AloneInitialMedialConnected final —Separated final Ligatures, TransliterationAloneInitialMedialFinal Separated suffixesTransliterationInitial Whole Transcribes Chakhar ; Khalkha , , , and . Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter . Medial and final forms may be distinguished from those of other tooth-shaped letters through: vowel harmony () and its effect on the shape of a word's consonants ( and ), or position in syllable sequence (, , ). The final tail extends to the left after bow-shaped consonants (such as , , , and ), and to the right in all other cases. = an Old Mongolian initial form, as in 'this' (otherwise written ). Derived from Old Uyghur aleph (). Produced with using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout. In the Mongolian Unicode block, comes after and before .
Ee
Letter ()TransliterationAloneInitialMedialFinal Example ligaturesTransliterationAloneInitialMedialFinal Stands in for in loanwords, such as in (Khalkha: ). Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter . Indistinguishable from , except when inferred by its placement: typically between consonants. Ultimately derived from Old Uyghur bet (). 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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