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Hudum

IDVariants
isolinitmedifina
Aᠠ᠋
a e
ᠠ᠋‍
a e ee i o u oe ue n hh
‍᠇‍
a e i o u oe ue n ng
‍ᠠ᠌
a e n
Aaᠠ᠌
a e
‍ᠠ᠋
a e
Bᠪ‍
b
‍ᠪ‍
b
‍ᠪ
b
B2‍ᠪ᠋
b
Cᠼ‍
c
‍ᠼ‍
c
‍ᠼ
c
Chᠴ‍
ch
‍ᠴ‍
ch
‍ᠴ
ch
Crᡂ‍
cr
Dᠳ᠋‍
d
‍ᠲ᠌‍
t d
‍ᠳ᠋
d
Dd‍ᠳ᠌‍
d
‍ᠳ
d
Fᠹ‍
f
‍ᠹ‍
f
‍ᠹ
f
Gᠬ᠌‍
h g
‍ᠬ᠌‍
ng h g
‍ᠭ᠌
ng g
Gxᠬ᠏‍
h g
‍ᠬ᠏‍
h g
Hᠬ᠍‍
h g
‍ᠬ᠍‍
h g
‍ᠬ
h g
Hr‍ᠾ‍
hh lh
‍ᠾ
hh
Hxᠬ᠋‍
h g
‍ᠬ᠋‍
h g
‍ᠬ᠋
h g
Iᠢ᠋
i j
ᠢ᠋‍
i j y
‍ᠢ᠍‍
i oe ue y
‍ᠢ
i j y
Ixᠢ᠌
i
J‍ᠵ‍
j
‍ᠵ
j
Kᠻ‍
k
‍ᠻ‍
k
‍ᠻ
k
K2ᠺ‍
k2
‍ᠺ‍
k2
‍ᠺ
k2
Lᠯ‍
l lh
‍ᠯ‍
l lh
‍ᠯ
l
Mᠮ‍
m
‍ᠮ‍
m
‍ᠮ
m
Nᠨ‍
n
‍ᠨ᠋‍
n
‍ᠨ᠋
n
Oᠤ᠋‍
u ue
‍ᠣ‍
o u oe ue w
‍ᠣ᠋
o u oe ue
Pᠫ‍
p
‍ᠫ‍
p
‍ᠫ
p
Rᠷ‍
r
‍ᠷ‍
r
‍ᠷ
r
Rhᠿ‍
rh
‍ᠿ‍
rh
‍ᠿ
rh
Sᠰ‍
s sh
‍ᠰ‍
s sh
‍ᠰ
s
Shᠱ᠌‍
sh
‍ᠱ᠌‍
sh
‍ᠱ
sh
Sz‍ᠰ᠋
s
Tᠲ‍
t d
‍ᠲ᠋‍
t
‍ᠲ
t
Uᠤ᠋
u ue
‍ᠣ᠌
o u oe ue w
Ue‍ᠥ᠋
oe ue
Uxᠤ᠌
u ue
Wᠸ‍
w
‍ᠧ‍
ee w
‍ᠧ
ee w
Yᠶ᠌‍
y
‍ᠶ᠍‍
y
Zᠽ‍
z
‍ᠽ‍
z
‍ᠽ
z
Zrᡁ‍
zr

Written form W. Written form W is used in Hudum letter ee and w, but has different origin in these two letters, since the form W in ee comes from Tibetan letter e, and the form W in w comes from beth.

The variants in gray indicate the fabricated variants, i.e. variants borrowed from other joining positions. The variants in yellow indicate the variants that are unattested in the modern orthography of Traditional Mongolian.

LetterFVSVariants
isolinitmedifina
1820
a
- ‍ᠠ‍
A
1 ᠠ᠋
A
ᠠ᠋‍
A
‍ᠠ᠋‍
A A
‍ᠠ᠋
Aa
2 ᠠ᠌
Aa
ᠠ᠌‍
A A
‍ᠠ᠌
A
3 ᠠ᠍
A A
1821
e
- ᠡ‍
A
‍ᠡ‍
A
1 ᠡ᠋
Aa
ᠡ᠋‍
A A
‍ᠡ᠋
Aa
2 ᠡ᠌
A
‍ᠡ᠌
A
1827
ee
-
A W
ᠧ‍
A W
‍ᠧ‍
W
‍ᠧ
W
1822
i
- ‍ᠢ
I
1 ᠢ᠋
I
ᠢ᠋‍
I
‍ᠢ᠋‍
A I
2 ᠢ᠌
Ix
ᠢ᠌‍
A I
‍ᠢ᠌‍
I I
3 ᠢ᠍
A I
‍ᠢ᠍‍
I
1823
o
-
A O
ᠣ‍
A O
‍ᠣ‍
O
1 ‍ᠣ᠋‍
A O
‍ᠣ᠋
O
2 ‍ᠣ᠌
U
1824
u
- ‍ᠤ‍
O
1 ᠤ᠋
U
ᠤ᠋‍
O
‍ᠤ᠋‍
A O
‍ᠤ᠋
O
2 ᠤ᠌
Ux
ᠤ᠌‍
A O
‍ᠤ᠌
U
3 ᠤ᠍
A O
1825
oe
-
A Ue
ᠥ‍
A O I
1 ᠥ᠋
A U
‍ᠥ᠋‍
O I
‍ᠥ᠋
Ue
2 ‍ᠥ᠌‍
A O I
‍ᠥ᠌
O
3 ‍ᠥ᠍‍
O
‍ᠥ᠍
U
1826
ue
-
A Ue
1 ᠦ᠋
A U
ᠦ᠋‍
O
‍ᠦ᠋‍
O I
‍ᠦ᠋
Ue
2 ᠦ᠌
U
ᠦ᠌‍
A O I
‍ᠦ᠌‍
A O I
‍ᠦ᠌
O
3 ᠦ᠍
Ux
‍ᠦ᠍‍
O
‍ᠦ᠍
U
1828
n
-
→ init 0
ᠨ‍
N
1 ᠨ᠋
→ init 1
ᠨ᠋‍
A
‍ᠨ᠋‍
N
‍ᠨ᠋
N
2 ‍ᠨ᠌‍
A
‍ᠨ᠌
A
1829
ng
-
→ medi 0
ᠩ‍
→ medi 0
‍ᠩ‍
A G
‍ᠩ
A G
182A
b
-
→ init 0
ᠪ‍
B
‍ᠪ‍
B
‍ᠪ
B
1 ‍ᠪ᠋
B2
182B
p
-
→ init 0
ᠫ‍
P
‍ᠫ‍
P
‍ᠫ
P
182C
h
-
→ init 3
‍ᠬ
H
1 ᠬ᠋
→ init 1
ᠬ᠋‍
Hx
‍ᠬ᠋‍
Hx
‍ᠬ᠋
Hx
2 ᠬ᠌
→ init 2
ᠬ᠌‍
G
‍ᠬ᠌‍
G
3 ᠬ᠍‍
H
‍ᠬ᠍‍
H
4 ᠬ᠏
→ init 4
ᠬ᠏‍
Gx
‍ᠬ᠏‍
Gx
182D
g
-
→ init 3
1 ᠭ᠋
→ init 1
ᠭ᠋‍
H
‍ᠭ᠋‍
Hx
‍ᠭ᠋
H
2 ᠭ᠌
→ init 2
ᠭ᠌‍
G
‍ᠭ᠌‍
G
‍ᠭ᠌
G
3 ᠭ᠍‍
Hx
‍ᠭ᠍‍
H
‍ᠭ᠍
Hx
4 ᠭ᠏
→ init 4
ᠭ᠏‍
Gx
‍ᠭ᠏‍
Gx
182E
m
-
→ init 0
ᠮ‍
M
‍ᠮ‍
M
‍ᠮ
M
182F
l
-
→ init 0
ᠯ‍
L
‍ᠯ‍
L
‍ᠯ
L
1830
s
-
→ init 0
ᠰ‍
S
‍ᠰ‍
S
‍ᠰ
S
1 ‍ᠰ᠋
Sz
1831
sh
-
→ init 2
‍ᠱ
Sh
1 ᠱ᠋
→ init 1
ᠱ᠋‍
S
‍ᠱ᠋‍
S
2 ᠱ᠌‍
Sh
‍ᠱ᠌‍
Sh
1832
t
-
→ init 0
ᠲ‍
T
‍ᠲ
T
1 ‍ᠲ᠋‍
T
2 ‍ᠲ᠌‍
D
1833
d
-
→ init 1
‍ᠳ
Dd
1 ᠳ᠋
→ init 2
ᠳ᠋‍
D
‍ᠳ᠋‍
D
‍ᠳ᠋
D
2 ᠳ᠌‍
T
‍ᠳ᠌‍
Dd
1834
ch
-
→ init 0
ᠴ‍
Ch
‍ᠴ‍
Ch
‍ᠴ
Ch
1835
j
-
→ init 0
ᠵ‍
I
‍ᠵ‍
J
‍ᠵ
J
1 ᠵ᠋
I
‍ᠵ᠋
I
1836
y
-
→ init 2
‍ᠶ
I
1 ᠶ᠋
→ init 1
ᠶ᠋‍
I
‍ᠶ᠋‍
I
2 ᠶ᠌‍
Y
‍ᠶ᠌‍
I I
3 ‍ᠶ᠍‍
Y
1837
r
-
→ init 0
ᠷ‍
R
‍ᠷ‍
R
‍ᠷ
R
1838
w
-
→ init 0
ᠸ‍
W
‍ᠸ‍
W
‍ᠸ
W
1 ‍ᠸ᠋‍
O
‍ᠸ᠋
U
1839
f
-
→ init 0
ᠹ‍
F
‍ᠹ‍
F
‍ᠹ
F
183A
k2
-
→ init 0
ᠺ‍
K2
‍ᠺ‍
K2
‍ᠺ
K2
183B
k
-
→ init 0
ᠻ‍
K
‍ᠻ‍
K
‍ᠻ
K
183C
c
-
→ init 0
ᠼ‍
C
‍ᠼ‍
C
‍ᠼ
C
183D
z
-
→ init 0
ᠽ‍
Z
‍ᠽ‍
Z
‍ᠽ
Z
183E
hh
-
→ init 0
ᠾ‍
A Hr
‍ᠾ‍
Hr
‍ᠾ
Hr
183F
rh
-
→ init 0
ᠿ‍
Rh
‍ᠿ‍
Rh
‍ᠿ
Rh
1840
lh
-
→ init 0
ᡀ‍
L Hr
‍ᡀ‍
L Hr
‍ᡀ
→ medi 0
1841
zr
-
→ init 0
ᡁ‍
Zr
‍ᡁ‍
→ init 0
‍ᡁ
→ init 0
1842
cr
-
→ init 0
ᡂ‍
Cr
‍ᡂ‍
→ init 0
‍ᡂ
→ init 0

Isolated Ix and isolated Ux. Isolated Ix and isolated Ux are used historically, with examples shown in (Dorji et al., 2017). In some Traditional Mongolian literature, even if the letter n before isolated Ix or Ux is omitted, the left point is retained and therefore has to be consistently analyzed as belonging to i, u or ue.

Final I in letter j. Final I in letter j is introduced in (Dorji et al., 2017), where the written form of j in the example buij·a is not final, but isolated. Since there are currently no examples exist to prove its existence, the written form is marked in gray, but the shaping process still supports the theoretical existence of a word with final I in letter j and chachlag.

Medial II in letter y and medial O in letter w. Medial II in letter y and medial O in letter w are introduced in (Dorji et al., 2017), where the written form II of letter y in the examples ayl and aymag, and the written form O of letter w in the example tawlay are all differences derived from letter analysis. Since ail, aimag and taulai are preferred, these written forms are marked in gray.

Letter k2 (K2) and letter k (K). Letter k2 in form K2 is used to represent /kʰ/ (Latin: k) in Hudum literature in China, while letter k in form K is used to represent /kʰ/ (Cyrillic: к) in Hudum literature in Mongolia. The reason for disunifying the two letters is that Hudum Ali Gali uses K2 to record /ɡ/ and uses K to record /kʰ/.

Medial Hr in letter hh and initial Zr in letter zr. Medial Hr in letter hh and initial Zr in letter zr are similar, so they are unified in proposals such as (SAH, 2017). The reason for disunifying the two written units is that Hudum Ali Gali uses Hr to record /ɦ/ and to indicate aspiration, and uses Zr to record /ʈ/.

ClassLetters
masculine vowel

a, o, u

feminine vowel

e, ee, oe, ue

neuter vowel

i

vowel

a, e, ee, i, o, u, oe, ue

consonant

n, ng, b, p, h, g, m, l, s, sh, t, d, ch, j, y, r, w, f, k2, k, c, z, hh, rh, lh, zr, cr

bowed written unit

G, Gx, K, K2, B, P, F

Shaping stepLettersConditionMapping type
1. Chachlag

a, e

if follows an MVS:chachlag

a, e

if follows an MVS and precedes an FVS:default
2. Syllabic

o, u, oe, ue

if follows an initial consonant:marked

o, u, oe, ue

if precedes an FVS or follows an FVS:default

oe, ue

if final form precedes an FVS2 or FVS4 that precedes h or g:

marked

oe, ue

if medial form follows a consonant cluster that starts with an initial consonant:marked
dif precedes a final vowel that does not precedes an FVS:marked

n, j, w

if precedes an MVS that precedes an isolated a or an isolated e:

chachlag_onset

h, g

if precedes an MVS that precedes an isolated a:

chachlag_onset
g

if precedes an MVS that precedes an isolated e:

chachlag_devsger

n, t, d

if precedes a vowel:onset
else if follows a vowel:devsger

h, g

if precedes a masculine vowel:masculine_onset
else if precedes a feminine vowel or a neuter vowel:feminine
else if follows a masculine vowel:masculine_devsger
else if follows a feminine vowel:feminine
else if remotely follows a masculine vowel without a blocking feminine vowel:masculine_devsger
else if remotely follows a feminine vowel without a blocking masculine vowel:feminine
else if remotely precedes a masculine vowel without a blocking feminine vowel:masculine_devsger
else:feminine
t

if precedes ee or a consonant:

devsger
sh

if initial form precedes medial i, or medial form precedes i:

dotless
g

if follows s or d:

dotless
3. Particle

a, e, i, u, ue, d, y

if is in the specific particle dictionary that follows an MVS:particle

u, ue

if is in the specific particle dictionary:particle
4. Devsgeri

if follows a vowel that does not end with a written unit I:

vowel_devsger
i

if follows a vowel that will not (consider FVS) end with a written unit I:

vowel_devsger
5. Post-bowed

o, u, oe, ue

if is in the written form of U and follows a bowed written unit:

post_bowed

a, e

if is in the written form of A and follows a bowed written unit:

post_bowed
LetterMapping typeVariants
isolinitmedifina
1820
a
defaultᠠ᠍ᠠ᠌‍‍ᠠ‍‍ᠠ᠌
chachlagᠠ᠌
particleᠠ᠌ᠠ᠋‍
post_bowed‍ᠠ᠋
1821
e
defaultᠡ᠌ᠡ‍‍ᠡ‍‍ᠡ᠌
chachlagᠡ᠋
particleᠡ᠋
post_bowed‍ᠡ᠋
1827
ee
defaultᠧ‍‍ᠧ‍‍ᠧ
1822
i
defaultᠢ᠍ᠢ᠌‍‍ᠢ᠍‍‍ᠢ
particleᠢ᠋ᠢ᠋‍
vowel_devsger‍ᠢ᠌‍
1823
o
defaultᠣ‍‍ᠣ‍‍ᠣ᠌
marked‍ᠣ᠋
post_bowed‍ᠣ᠋
1824
u
defaultᠤ᠍ᠤ᠌‍‍ᠤ‍‍ᠤ᠌
marked‍ᠤ᠋
particleᠤ᠋ᠤ᠋‍‍ᠤ᠌
post_bowed‍ᠤ᠋
1825
oe
defaultᠥ‍‍ᠥ᠍‍‍ᠥ᠍
marked‍ᠥ᠋‍‍ᠥ᠋
post_bowed‍ᠥ᠌
1826
ue
defaultᠦ᠌‍‍ᠦ᠍‍‍ᠦ᠍
marked‍ᠦ᠋‍‍ᠦ᠋
particleᠦ᠌ᠦ᠋‍‍ᠦ᠍‍‍ᠦ᠍
post_bowed‍ᠦ᠌
1828
n
defaultᠨ‍‍ᠨ᠌‍‍ᠨ᠌
chachlag_onset‍ᠨ᠋
onset‍ᠨ᠋‍
devsger‍ᠨ᠌‍‍ᠨ᠌
1829
ng
defaultᠩ‍‍ᠩ‍‍ᠩ
182A
b
defaultᠪ‍‍ᠪ‍‍ᠪ
182B
p
defaultᠫ‍‍ᠫ‍‍ᠫ
182C
h
defaultᠬ᠍‍‍ᠬ᠌‍‍ᠬ
chachlag_onset‍ᠬ
masculine_onsetᠬ᠍‍‍ᠬ᠍‍
masculine_devsger‍ᠬ᠍‍‍ᠬ
feminineᠬ᠌‍‍ᠬ᠌‍
182D
g
defaultᠭ᠍‍‍ᠭ᠌‍‍ᠭ᠌
chachlag_onset‍ᠭ᠍
chachlag_onset_gb‍ᠭ᠋
masculine_onsetᠭ᠍‍‍ᠭ᠋‍
masculine_devsger‍ᠭ᠍‍‍ᠭ᠋
feminineᠭ᠌‍‍ᠭ᠌‍‍ᠭ᠌
dotless‍ᠭ᠍‍‍ᠭ᠋
182E
m
defaultᠮ‍‍ᠮ‍‍ᠮ
182F
l
defaultᠯ‍‍ᠯ‍‍ᠯ
1830
s
defaultᠰ‍‍ᠰ‍‍ᠰ
1831
sh
defaultᠱ᠌‍‍ᠱ᠌‍‍ᠱ
dotlessᠱ᠋‍‍ᠱ᠋‍
1832
t
defaultᠲ‍‍ᠲ᠌‍‍ᠲ
devsger‍ᠲ᠋‍
1833
d
defaultᠳ᠌‍‍ᠳ᠌‍‍ᠳ
markedᠳ᠋‍
onsetᠳ᠌‍‍ᠳ᠋‍
devsger‍ᠳ᠌‍‍ᠳ
particleᠳ᠋‍
1834
ch
defaultᠴ‍‍ᠴ‍‍ᠴ
1835
j
defaultᠵ‍‍ᠵ‍‍ᠵ
chachlag_onsetᠵ᠋‍ᠵ᠋
1836
y
defaultᠶ᠌‍‍ᠶ᠍‍‍ᠶ
particleᠶ᠋‍‍ᠶ᠋‍
1837
r
defaultᠷ‍‍ᠷ‍‍ᠷ
1838
w
defaultᠸ‍‍ᠸ‍‍ᠸ
chachlag_onset‍ᠸ᠋
1839
f
defaultᠹ‍‍ᠹ‍‍ᠹ
183A
k2
defaultᠺ‍‍ᠺ‍‍ᠺ
183B
k
defaultᠻ‍‍ᠻ‍‍ᠻ
183C
c
defaultᠼ‍‍ᠼ‍‍ᠼ
183D
z
defaultᠽ‍‍ᠽ‍‍ᠽ
183E
hh
defaultᠾ‍‍ᠾ‍‍ᠾ
183F
rh
defaultᠿ‍‍ᠿ‍‍ᠿ
1840
lh
defaultᡀ‍‍ᡀ‍‍ᡀ
1841
zr
defaultᡁ‍‍ᡁ‍‍ᡁ
1842
cr
defaultᡂ‍‍ᡂ‍‍ᡂ