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Front Matter

Traditional Mongolian Script

Following the lineage Sogdian→Uyghur→Mongolian, this script adopted in the 13th-century Mongol Empire is the world's only living vertical script written top-to-bottom, left-to-right.

ᠠ ᠡ ᠢ ᠣ ᠤ ᠥ ᠦ ᠧ
Era
Medieval
Region
East Asia
System
Alphabet
Direction
Top to Bottom (TTB)
Signs
35
Status
Active
Following the lineage Sogdian→Uyghur→Mongolian, this script adopted in the 13th-century Mongol Empire is the world's only living vertical script written top-to-bottom, left-to-right. Mongolia's national anthem and constitution are recorded in it. Replaced by Cyrillic during Soviet rule (1924–1990), it remains an official script in Inner Mongolia (China) and is experiencing active revival.
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The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+1800–U+18AF
Total signs35
In Unicode158
Unicode Blocks
Mongolian
1800 – 18AF
158 chars→
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Top to Bottom (TTB)
위→아래 (TTB), 열은 좌→우 진행.
α
System
Alphabet
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Mongolian Keyboard (Cyrillic)
Modern Mongolian keyboard based on Cyrillic script.
й
ц
у
к
е
н
г
ш
ү
з
ф
ы
в
а
п
р
о
л
д
ж
я
ч
с
м
и
т
ь
б
ө
space
⌫
💡 Mongolia adopted Cyrillic in the 1940s under Soviet influence. Traditional Mongolian script is used in Inner Mongolia.
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The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Ancestors

Sogdian

Descendants

Manchu Script

Same family

SogdianOld Uyghur
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In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Mongolian

Countries

Mongolia