This article describes two- and three-letter combinations (so-called digraphs and trigraphs) used for the

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when written in the

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Vowel and consonant combinations

The intervocalic letters '/', and ' has in some combinations come to help form long vowels, namely:'' * Long ' with: ', ', '. * Long ' with: ', ', '. * Long ' with: '. * Long ' with: ', ', '. * Long ' with: ', ', '. * Long ' with: ', '. * Long ' with: ', ', '. Sometimes intervocalic ' and ' is silent: as in ' (Khalkha: ) 'robe, garment' or ' (Khalkha: ) 'human, person; man'.

Vowel combinations

' (Khalkha: ) is only used in the modern language. ! rowspan="2" style="text-align: left" , Alone , - , , — , - , , ! style="text-align: left" , Initial , - , , colspan="2" , , ! style="text-align: left" , Medial , - , — , — , colspan="2" , ! style="text-align: left" , Final * The doubled vowels ', ', and ' mark these out as long. Doubled ' is instead both used in a few words to mark the vowel as short, and to distinguish it from '. * Most of the ''s of these diphthongs derive from an earlier ', but is no longer recognized as such. The ' origin can for instance be seen in the two '' long teeth'' of ' 'good'. These has become a pair of short and long teeth in recent manuscripts. The diphthongs only appears with the single form of ', as in ' 'sea', at the end of words. , ! style="text-align: left" , Final

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