01OVERVIEW
Front Matter
SCRIPT · PROFILE
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.
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.
04SPECIMEN
The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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06MECHANICS
Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Top to Bottom (TTB)
Top to bottom, columns advancing left to right.
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.
07LINEAGE
The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
08REACH