Жи шол килил

Жи шол | Letters

These are the letters of the Ba Kom Cyrillic alphabet. For pronunciation of the letters, see Ho ba.

The letter is given first in ⟨ ⟩ brackets, followed by its name.

• ⟨а⟩ ji a

• ⟨и⟩ ji i

• ⟨у⟩ ji u

• ⟨е⟩ ji e

• ⟨о⟩ ji o

• ⟨к⟩ ji ke

• ⟨т⟩ ji te

• ⟨п⟩ ji pe

• ⟨ч⟩ ji ce

• ⟨г⟩ ji ge

• ⟨д⟩ ji de

• ⟨б⟩ ji be

• ⟨ж⟩ ji je

• ⟨х⟩ ji he

• ⟨с⟩ ji se

• ⟨ш⟩ ji xe

• ⟨ф⟩ ji фе

• ⟨м⟩ ji me

• ⟨н⟩ ji ne

• ⟨ң⟩ ji eng

• ⟨л⟩ ji le

• ⟨й⟩ ji ye

• ⟨в⟩ ji we

Diphthongs:

• ⟨ай⟩ ji ai

• ⟨аў⟩ ji au

• ⟨ей⟩ ji ei

• ⟨оў⟩ ji ou

• ⟨иў⟩ ji iu

• ⟨уй⟩ ji ui

Жи мун ба | Accent mark

The accent mark, ⟨´⟩, is written above the vowel of an accented syllable: ⟨а́⟩, ⟨е́⟩, ⟨и́⟩, ⟨о́⟩, ⟨у́⟩.

Йам жи | Letter case

Words are only capitalized if they begin a sentence or a person's name.

Жи биң | Punctuation

The following punctuation is used:

The period ⟨ . ⟩, or ji ut "stop mark"

The question mark ⟨ ? ⟩, or ji xam "question letter"

The comma ⟨ , ⟩, or ji jum "pause mark"

Quotation marks ⟨ ‹› ⟩, or ji sung ba "quote punctuation mark"

Double quotation marks ⟨ «» ⟩