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Compare of Daicing Manchu, Sibe, and Daur Keyboards
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Guide
Mf = Möllendorff Latinization
DC = Daicing Latinization
Dr = Daur Latinization
IPA
IPA 2 = Used in China, sometimes in [ ] but not correct.
M-IME = Daicing Manchu Keyboard
S-IME = Daicing Sibe Keyboard
D-IME = Daicing Daur Keyboard
Note: The lines labeled with S are for Sibe only; The lines labeled with D are for Daur only.The lines labeled with M are for Manchu only.
Shift = Shift key
Note: Shift - I means that you need to press the Shift key, hold it, then press I key, then raise your fingers at the same time. ` I (or \ I) means that you need to press ` (or \) first, raise your finger, then press I key.
Vowels
| ID | - | Mf | DC | Dr | IPA | IPA 2 | M-IME | S-IME | D-IME | Memo |
| 1 | ᠠ | a | a / A | a | /ɑ/ | < | A | A | A | - |
| 2 | ᡝ | e | e / E | e | /ə/ | < | E | E | E | - |
| 3MD | ᡳ | i | i / I | i | /i/ | < | I | ` I |
I | - |
| ᡳ | / or = I | Auxiliary i | ||||||||
| 3S | ᡞ | i | i / I | /i/ | < | ` I | I | ` I | *1 | |
| ᡞ | / or = I | Auxiliary i | ||||||||
| 4 | ᠣ | o | o / O | o | /ɔ/或/o/ | < | O | O | O | - |
| 5 | ᡠ | u | u / U | u | /u/ | < | U | U | U | - |
| 6 | ᡡ | ū | v / V | v | /ʊ/ | < | V | V | V | - |
| 7 | ᡟ | y | y / Y | ı | /ʅ/ or /ɿ/ | < | Shift - I | Shift - I | Shift - I | *2 |
Auxiliary i: Stand-alone final form of i.
*1: The letter i in Manchu/Daur and Sibe are different with different Unicode code. In Machu and Daur, the medial i is composed of two long a under a / e / o / u; however, in Sibe, the medial i is composed of an a and a long a under the same situation.
*2: /ɿ/ in Daur Latinization is the dotless i: ı, the standard name is Latin Small Letter Dotless I.
We can retype the vowel letters to type long vowels in Daur. For example, type A A for aa. The medial and final form of long a look like e and the medial and final form of long u look like o. There are no long vowels for v and ı.
Consonants - 1
| ID | - | Mf | MH | Dr | IPA | IPA 2 | M-IME | S-IME | D-IME | Memo |
| 1 | ᠪ | b | b / B | b | /p/ | /b/ | B | B | B | - |
| 2 | ᡦ | p | p / P | p | /p‘/ | /p/ | P | P | P | - |
| 3 | ᠮ | m | m / M | m | /m/ | /m/ | M | M | M | - |
| 4M | ᡶ | f | f / F | /f/ | /f/ | F | ` F | ` F | *1 | |
| 4SD | ᡫ | f | f / F | f | /f/ | /f/ | ` F | F | F | *1 |
| 5 | ᡩ | d | d / D | d | /t/ | /d/ | D | D | D | - |
| 6 | ᡨ | t | t / T | t | /t‘/ | /t/ | T | T | T | - |
| 7 | ᠨ | n | n / N | n | /n/ | /n/ | N | N | N | - |
| 8 | ᠯ | l | l / L | l | /l/ | /l/ | L | L | L | - |
*1: In Manchu, f in fa / fe looks like the one in the table, but f in fi / fo / fu / fv looks like w. In Sibe and Daur, f always looks like the one in the table.
Consonants - 2
| ID | - | Mf | MH | Dr | IPA | IPA 2 | M-IME | S-IME | D-IME | Memo |
| 1 | ᡤ | g | g / G | g | /q/ | /ɢ/ | G | G | G | - |
| 2MD | ᡴ | k | k / K | k | /q‘/ | /q/ | K | ` K | K | *1 *2 |
| 2S | ᡣ | k | k / K | (N/A) | /q‘/ | /q/ | ` K | K | ` K | *1 |
| 3 | ᡥ | h | h / H | h | /χ/ | < | H | H | H | - |
| 4 | ᡬ | g' | g' / G' | gh | /k/ | /g/ | Shift - G | Shift - G | Shift - G | - |
| 5 | ᠺ | k' | k' / K' | kh | /k‘/ | /k/ | Shift -K | Shift -K | Shift -K | - |
| 6 | ᡭ | h' | h' / H' | hh | /x/ | < | Shift - H | Shift - H | Shift - H | - |
*1: The letter k is different in Manchu/Daur and Sibe.
*2:When you need female k / h with v, please type K V Shift - Q or H V Shift - Q. Shift - Q is FVS1.
Consonants - 3
| ID | - | Mf | MH | Dr | IPA | IPA 2 | M-IME | S-IME | D-IME | Memo |
| 1MD | ᠵ | j | j / J | j | /tʂ/ or /tʃ/, */tɕ/ | /dʐ/ or /dʒ/, */dʑ/ | J | ` J | J | - |
| 1S | ᡪ | j | j / J | (N/A) | /tʂ/ or /tʃ/, */tɕ/ | /dʐ/ or /dʒ/, */dʑ/ | ` J | J | ` J | - |
| 2 | ᠴ | c | c / C | q | /tʂ‘/ or /tʃ‘/, */tɕ‘/ | /tʂ/ or /tʃ/, */tɕ/ | C | C | Q | - |
| 3 | ᡧ | š | x / X | x | /ʂ/ or /ʃ/ | < | X | X | X | - |
| 4 | ᡰ | ž | r' / R' | rh | /ʐ/ | < | Shift - R | Shift - R | Shift - R | - |
| 5 | ᡯ | dz | z / Z | z | /ts/ | /dz/ | Z | Z | Z | - |
| 6 | ᡮ | ts' | q / Q | c | /ts‘/ | /ts/ | Q | Q | C | - |
| 7 | ᠰ | s | s / S | s | /s/, */ɕ/ | < | S | S | S | - |
| 8MD | ᡷ | j | j / J | zh | /tʂ/ | /dʐ/ | Shift - J | ` M | Shift - Z | - |
| 8S | ᡲ | j | j / J | 无 | /tʂ/ | /dʐ/ | ` M | Shift - J | ` M | - |
| 9 | ᡱ | c' | c / C | ch | /tʂ‘/ | /tʂ/ | Shift - C | Shift - C | Shift - C | - |
*: used before i.
Consonants - 4
| ID | - | Mf | MH | Dr | IPA | IPA 2 | M-IME | S-IME | D-IME | Memo |
| 1 | ᠶ | y | y / Y | y | /j/ | < | Y | Y | Y | *2 |
| 2 | ᠸ | w | w / W | w | /w/ or /v/ | < | W | W | W | *3 |
| 3MD | ᡵ | r | r / R | r | /r/ | < | R | ` R | R | - |
| 3S | ᠷ | r | r / R | (N/A) | /r/ | < | ` R | R | ` R | - |
| 4MD | ᠊ᠩ | ng | ng / NG | ng | /ŋ/ | < | ; | ` ; | ; | *1 |
| 4S | ᠊ᡢ | ng | ng / NG | (N/A) | /ŋ/ | < | ` ; | ; | ` ; | *1 |
*1: The final form of ng is different in Manchu/Daur and Sibe.
*2: There is yi in Daur.
*3: There are only wa / we in Manchu. But there are wa / we / wi / wo / wu in Sibe. But there are no words with wi / wo / wu, and they look the same as Manchu fi /fo /fu.
JY/CY/XY/R'Y/ZY/QY/SY
| Pinyin | Manchu Sibe |
Daur | Mf | MH | Dr | IPA | M-IME | S-IME | D-IME | Memo |
| zhi | ᡷᡳ | ᡷᡳ | jy | jy | zhi | /tʂʅ/ | Shift -J I | Shift - J I | Shift - Z I | - |
| chi | ᡱᡳ | ᡱᡳ | c'y | cy | chi | /tʂ‘ʅ/ | Shift - C I | Shift - C I | Shift - C I | - |
| shi | ᡧᡳ | ᡧᡳ | xi | xy | xi | /ʂʅ/ | X I | X I | X I | - |
| ri | ᡰᡳ | ᡰᡳ | ži | r'y | rhi | /ʐʅ/ | Shift - R I | Shift - R I | Shift - R I | - |
| zi | ᡯᡳ | ᡯᡟ | dzi | zy | zı | /tsɿ/ | Z I | Z I | Z Shift - I | - |
| ci | ᡮᡟ | ᡮᡟ | tsi | qy | cı | /ts‘ɿ/ | Q Shift - I | Q Shift - I | C Shift - I | - |
| si | ᠰᡟ | ᠰᡟ | sy | sy | sı | /sɿ/ | S Shift - I | S Shift - I | S Shift - I | - |
In Daur, i is ᡟ in pinyin zi / ci / si.
Punctuation Marks and Signs
Hyphen/Nirugu: Can be used to show stand-alone forms: ᡠ ᡠ᠊ ᠊ᡠ᠊ ᠊ᡠ (u u- -u- -u).
ZWJ: Zero Width Jointer. Invisible hyphen. Office 2007 doesn't support ZWJ well.
ZWNJ: Zero Width Non-Jointer。If you want to show unconnected letters: ᠮᠠᠨ ᠮᠠᠨ (M/a/n Man).
FVS1/2/3: Free Variation Selector 1/2/3. Used to show variations. If you want to type an with a dot, you can type A - N - FSV1
Mongolian Numbers
| Number | - | IME | Memo | - | Memo | - | IME | Memo |
| 1 | ᠑ | ` 1 | - | - | 6 | ᠖ | ` 6 | - |
| 2 | ᠒ | ` 2 | - | - | 7 | ᠗ | ` 7 | - |
| 3 | ᠓ | ` 3 | - | - | 8 | ᠘ | ` 8 | - |
| 4 | ᠔ | ` 4 | - | - | 9 | ᠙ | ` 9 | - |
| 5 | ᠕ | ` 5 | - | - | 0 | ᠐ | ` 0 | - |
