The Mongolian alphabet to copy, letter by letter: the 35 letters of Mongolian Cyrillic as capitals and as small letters, then the 35 letters of the traditional Mongolian script. Each Cyrillic letter has its name in Latin letters under it.
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Russian letters plus two
Mongolian Cyrillic takes the letters of the Russian alphabet and adds two of its own: Ө, written ö, and Ү, written ü. They stand straight after О and У. Its introduction dates from 1941.
The traditional script runs downwards
The traditional script is written in lines from top to bottom that follow one another from left to right. A letter changes shape with its place in a word, at the start, in the middle or at the end, so a letter copied from here is the form it has standing alone. On a horizontal line of text the letters lie on their side.
Щ is used only in words taken from Russian, and Ъ, the hard sign, has no sound of its own.
The traditional script draws ᠣ o and ᠤ u alike; they are still two characters.
Twelve traditional letters, such as ᠹ fa and ᠼ tsa, were added for foreign words and names.
Questions and answers
How many letters are in the Mongolian alphabet?
Mongolian Cyrillic has 35 letters. Unicode also lists 35 basic letters for the traditional script.
What is the Mongolian language alphabet?
In Mongolia the main one is the Cyrillic alphabet. The traditional Mongolian script is still used in Inner Mongolia, in China, and has been co-official in Mongolia since 2025.
Is the Mongolian alphabet the same as the Russian one?
Nearly. Ө and Ү are the only letters the Russian alphabet does not have, and the letters are named in Mongolian: Б is be and Х is khe.
Is Mongolian written top to bottom?
Only in the traditional script, which was the most widespread Mongolian script until Cyrillic replaced it in the 1940s.
All 105 letters
Cyrillic capitals 35
АCapital aU+0410 Cyrillic capital letter a. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 1 of 35, named а. Written a in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA a.
БCapital beU+0411 Cyrillic capital letter be. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 2 of 35, named бэ. Written b in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA p, pʲ.
ЧCapital cheU+0427 Cyrillic capital letter che. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 27 of 35, named чэ. Written ch in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA tʃʰ.
ДCapital deU+0414 Cyrillic capital letter de. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 5 of 35, named дэ. Written d in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA t, tʲ.
ЭCapital eU+042D Cyrillic capital letter e. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 33 of 35, named э. Written e in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA e~i.
ЛCapital elU+041B Cyrillic capital letter el. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 13 of 35, named эл. Written l in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ɮ, ɮʲ.
МCapital emU+041C Cyrillic capital letter em. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 14 of 35, named эм. Written m in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA m, mʲ.
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Cyrillic capitals, continued
НCapital enU+041D Cyrillic capital letter en. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 15 of 35, named эн. Written n in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA n, nʲ, ŋ.
РCapital erU+0420 Cyrillic capital letter er. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 19 of 35, named эр. Written r in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA r, rʲ.
ЫCapital er ügiin yU+042B Cyrillic capital letter yeru. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 31 of 35, named эр үгийн ы. Written y in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA i.
СCapital esU+0421 Cyrillic capital letter es. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 20 of 35, named эс. Written s in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA s.
ФCapital feU+0424 Cyrillic capital letter ef. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 24 of 35, named фэ. Written f in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA f, pʰ.
ГCapital geU+0413 Cyrillic capital letter ghe. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 4 of 35, named гэ. Written g in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ɡ, ɡʲ, ɢ.
ЪCapital hard signU+042A Cyrillic capital letter hard sign. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 30 of 35, named хатуугийн тэмдэг. It has no sound of its own; the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012, writes it i.
ИCapital iU+0418 Cyrillic capital letter i. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 10 of 35, named и. Written i in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA i.
ЖCapital jeU+0416 Cyrillic capital letter zhe. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 8 of 35, named жэ. Written j in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA tʃ.
КCapital kaU+041A Cyrillic capital letter ka. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 12 of 35, named ка. Written k in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA kʰ, kʲʰ, x, xʲ.
ЙCapital khagas iU+0419 Cyrillic capital letter short i. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 11 of 35, named хагас и. Written i in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA i.
ХCapital kheU+0425 Cyrillic capital letter ha. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 25 of 35, named хэ. Written kh in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA x, xʲ.
ОCapital oU+041E Cyrillic capital letter o. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 16 of 35, named о. Written o in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ɔ.
ӨCapital öU+04E8 Cyrillic capital letter barred o. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 17 of 35, named ө. Written ö in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ɵ~o. One of the two letters Mongolian adds to the Russian alphabet.
ПCapital peU+041F Cyrillic capital letter pe. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 18 of 35, named пэ. Written p in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA pʰ, pʰʲ.
ШCapital shaU+0428 Cyrillic capital letter sha. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 28 of 35, named ша. Written sh in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ʃ.
ЩCapital shchaU+0429 Cyrillic capital letter shcha. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 29 of 35, named ща. Written sh in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ʃ. Used only in words taken from Russian.
ЬCapital soft signU+042C Cyrillic capital letter soft sign. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 32 of 35, named зөөлний тэмдэг. Written i in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ʲ.
ТCapital teU+0422 Cyrillic capital letter te. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 21 of 35, named тэ. Written t in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA tʰ, tʰʲ.
ЦCapital tseU+0426 Cyrillic capital letter tse. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 26 of 35, named цэ. Written ts in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA tsʰ.
УCapital uU+0423 Cyrillic capital letter u. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 22 of 35, named у. Written u in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ʊ.
ҮCapital üU+04AE Cyrillic capital letter straight u. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 23 of 35, named ү. Written ü in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA u. One of the two letters Mongolian adds to the Russian alphabet.
ВCapital veU+0412 Cyrillic capital letter ve. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 3 of 35, named вэ. Written v in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA w̜, w̜ʲ.
ЯCapital yaU+042F Cyrillic capital letter ya. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 35 of 35, named я. Written ya in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ja.
ЕCapital yeU+0415 Cyrillic capital letter ie. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 6 of 35, named е. Written ye in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ji~jɵ.
ЁCapital yoU+0401 Cyrillic capital letter io. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 7 of 35, named ё. Written yo in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA jɔ.
ЮCapital yuU+042E Cyrillic capital letter yu. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 34 of 35, named ю. Written yu in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA jʊ, ju.
ЗCapital zeU+0417 Cyrillic capital letter ze. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 9 of 35, named зэ. Written z in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ts.
Cyrillic small letters 35
аSmall aU+0430 Cyrillic small letter a. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 1 of 35, named а. Written a in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA a.
бSmall beU+0431 Cyrillic small letter be. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 2 of 35, named бэ. Written b in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA p, pʲ.
чSmall cheU+0447 Cyrillic small letter che. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 27 of 35, named чэ. Written ch in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA tʃʰ.
дSmall deU+0434 Cyrillic small letter de. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 5 of 35, named дэ. Written d in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA t, tʲ.
эSmall eU+044D Cyrillic small letter e. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 33 of 35, named э. Written e in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA e~i.
лSmall elU+043B Cyrillic small letter el. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 13 of 35, named эл. Written l in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ɮ, ɮʲ.
мSmall emU+043C Cyrillic small letter em. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 14 of 35, named эм. Written m in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA m, mʲ.
нSmall enU+043D Cyrillic small letter en. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 15 of 35, named эн. Written n in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA n, nʲ, ŋ.
рSmall erU+0440 Cyrillic small letter er. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 19 of 35, named эр. Written r in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA r, rʲ.
ыSmall er ügiin yU+044B Cyrillic small letter yeru. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 31 of 35, named эр үгийн ы. Written y in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA i.
сSmall esU+0441 Cyrillic small letter es. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 20 of 35, named эс. Written s in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA s.
фSmall feU+0444 Cyrillic small letter ef. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 24 of 35, named фэ. Written f in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA f, pʰ.
гSmall geU+0433 Cyrillic small letter ghe. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 4 of 35, named гэ. Written g in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ɡ, ɡʲ, ɢ.
ъSmall hard signU+044A Cyrillic small letter hard sign. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 30 of 35, named хатуугийн тэмдэг. It has no sound of its own; the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012, writes it i.
иSmall iU+0438 Cyrillic small letter i. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 10 of 35, named и. Written i in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA i.
жSmall jeU+0436 Cyrillic small letter zhe. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 8 of 35, named жэ. Written j in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA tʃ.
кSmall kaU+043A Cyrillic small letter ka. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 12 of 35, named ка. Written k in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA kʰ, kʲʰ, x, xʲ.
йSmall khagas iU+0439 Cyrillic small letter short i. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 11 of 35, named хагас и. Written i in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA i.
хSmall kheU+0445 Cyrillic small letter ha. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 25 of 35, named хэ. Written kh in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA x, xʲ.
оSmall oU+043E Cyrillic small letter o. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 16 of 35, named о. Written o in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ɔ.
өSmall öU+04E9 Cyrillic small letter barred o. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 17 of 35, named ө. Written ö in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ɵ~o. One of the two letters Mongolian adds to the Russian alphabet.
пSmall peU+043F Cyrillic small letter pe. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 18 of 35, named пэ. Written p in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA pʰ, pʰʲ.
шSmall shaU+0448 Cyrillic small letter sha. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 28 of 35, named ша. Written sh in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ʃ.
щSmall shchaU+0449 Cyrillic small letter shcha. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 29 of 35, named ща. Written sh in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ʃ. Used only in words taken from Russian.
ьSmall soft signU+044C Cyrillic small letter soft sign. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 32 of 35, named зөөлний тэмдэг. Written i in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ʲ.
тSmall teU+0442 Cyrillic small letter te. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 21 of 35, named тэ. Written t in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA tʰ, tʰʲ.
цSmall tseU+0446 Cyrillic small letter tse. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 26 of 35, named цэ. Written ts in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA tsʰ.
уSmall uU+0443 Cyrillic small letter u. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 22 of 35, named у. Written u in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ʊ.
үSmall üU+04AF Cyrillic small letter straight u. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 23 of 35, named ү. Written ü in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA u. One of the two letters Mongolian adds to the Russian alphabet.
вSmall veU+0432 Cyrillic small letter ve. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 3 of 35, named вэ. Written v in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA w̜, w̜ʲ.
яSmall yaU+044F Cyrillic small letter ya. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 35 of 35, named я. Written ya in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ja.
еSmall yeU+0435 Cyrillic small letter ie. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 6 of 35, named е. Written ye in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ji~jɵ.
ёSmall yoU+0451 Cyrillic small letter io. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 7 of 35, named ё. Written yo in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA jɔ.
юSmall yuU+044E Cyrillic small letter yu. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 34 of 35, named ю. Written yu in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA jʊ, ju.
зSmall zeU+0437 Cyrillic small letter ze. Cyrillic block, Unicode 1.1. Letter 9 of 35, named зэ. Written z in the standard romanization, MNS 5217:2012; IPA ts.
Traditional script 35
ᠠTraditional aU+1820 Mongolian letter a. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated a; the Cyrillic alphabet writes а.
ᠩTraditional angU+1829 Mongolian letter ang. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated ng; the Cyrillic alphabet writes нг.
ᠪTraditional baU+182A Mongolian letter ba. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated b; the Cyrillic alphabet writes б.
ᠴTraditional chaU+1834 Mongolian letter cha. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated č; the Cyrillic alphabet writes ч.
ᡂTraditional chiU+1842 Mongolian letter chi. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated ch; the Cyrillic alphabet writes ч. One of the letters added for foreign words and names.
ᠳTraditional daU+1833 Mongolian letter da. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated d; the Cyrillic alphabet writes д.
ᠡTraditional eU+1821 Mongolian letter e. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated e; the Cyrillic alphabet writes э.
ᠧTraditional eeU+1827 Mongolian letter ee. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated e; the Cyrillic alphabet writes е. One of the letters added for foreign words and names.
ᠹTraditional faU+1839 Mongolian letter fa. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated f; the Cyrillic alphabet writes ф. One of the letters added for foreign words and names.
ᠭTraditional gaU+182D Mongolian letter ga. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated ɣ; the Cyrillic alphabet writes г.
ᠾTraditional haaU+183E Mongolian letter haa. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated h; the Cyrillic alphabet writes х. One of the letters added for foreign words and names.
ᠢTraditional iU+1822 Mongolian letter i. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated i; the Cyrillic alphabet writes и.
ᠵTraditional jaU+1835 Mongolian letter ja. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated ǰ; the Cyrillic alphabet writes ж.
ᠺTraditional kaU+183A Mongolian letter ka. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. One of the letters added for foreign words and names.
ᠻTraditional khaU+183B Mongolian letter kha. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated k/kh; the Cyrillic alphabet writes к. One of the letters added for foreign words and names.
ᠯTraditional laU+182F Mongolian letter la. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated l; the Cyrillic alphabet writes л.
ᡀTraditional lhaU+1840 Mongolian letter lha. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated lh; the Cyrillic alphabet writes лх. One of the letters added for foreign words and names.
ᠮTraditional maU+182E Mongolian letter ma. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated m; the Cyrillic alphabet writes м.
ᠨTraditional naU+1828 Mongolian letter na. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated n; the Cyrillic alphabet writes н.
ᠣTraditional oU+1823 Mongolian letter o. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated o; the Cyrillic alphabet writes о.
ᠥTraditional oeU+1825 Mongolian letter oe. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated ö; the Cyrillic alphabet writes ө.
ᠫTraditional paU+182B Mongolian letter pa. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated p; the Cyrillic alphabet writes п.
ᠬTraditional qaU+182C Mongolian letter qa. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated q; the Cyrillic alphabet writes х.
ᠷTraditional raU+1837 Mongolian letter ra. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated r; the Cyrillic alphabet writes р.
ᠰTraditional saU+1830 Mongolian letter sa. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated s; the Cyrillic alphabet writes с.
ᠱTraditional shaU+1831 Mongolian letter sha. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated š; the Cyrillic alphabet writes ш.
ᠲTraditional taU+1832 Mongolian letter ta. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated t; the Cyrillic alphabet writes т.
ᠼTraditional tsaU+183C Mongolian letter tsa. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated c; the Cyrillic alphabet writes ц. One of the letters added for foreign words and names.
ᠤTraditional uU+1824 Mongolian letter u. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated u; the Cyrillic alphabet writes у.
ᠦTraditional ueU+1826 Mongolian letter ue. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated ü; the Cyrillic alphabet writes ү.
ᠸTraditional waU+1838 Mongolian letter wa. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated w/v; the Cyrillic alphabet writes в. One of the letters added for foreign words and names.
ᠶTraditional yaU+1836 Mongolian letter ya. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated y; the Cyrillic alphabet writes й.
ᠽTraditional zaU+183D Mongolian letter za. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated z; the Cyrillic alphabet writes з. One of the letters added for foreign words and names.
ᡁTraditional zhiU+1841 Mongolian letter zhi. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated zh; the Cyrillic alphabet writes з. One of the letters added for foreign words and names.
ᠿTraditional zraU+183F Mongolian letter zra. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0. Transliterated ž; the Cyrillic alphabet writes ж. One of the letters added for foreign words and names.
How this list was compiled: Every character was checked against UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt): the code points and the character names in the notes come from that file, names in sentence case. Block names come from Blocks.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Blocks.txt) and the Unicode version each character arrived in from DerivedAge.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/DerivedAge.txt), both version 18.0.0. Other names of a character come from NamesList.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt). The 35 letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, their order and their Mongolian names, the sounds in the International Phonetic Alphabet and the romanization of the Mongolian standard MNS 5217:2012 follow the table in Wikipedia's Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_Cyrillic_alphabet), restated in this site's own words; the small letters are the exemplar characters of CLDR's Mongolian locale (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/main/mn.xml), in the same order. A tile name is the letter's Mongolian name respelled letter by letter with that MNS column; the hard sign and the soft sign go by the English names Unicode gives them, and the letter the standard spells like its neighbour sha is named shcha, as in its Unicode name. The traditional script: the 35 letters U+1820 to U+1842 of the Mongolian block, each with the transliteration and the Cyrillic letter given in the letter tables of Wikipedia's Mongolian script article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_script), which also says the script runs top to bottom, that a letter changes shape with its place in a word, and which letters were added for foreign words. The names list of Unicode gives a Cyrillic letter for most of the 35 too; for one letter, U+183A, it and the article name different ones, and that tile prints neither. A tile of that group is named after the letter's Unicode name. The grouping is this site's own. Each tile was drawn on 2026-10-08 before it was kept, and all of them drew. All sources were read on 2026-10-08. Licence: own work