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SCRIPTA · TRADITIONAL MONGOLIAN SCRIPT
01Front Matter04The Letters06Mechanics07Lineage08In the World
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.

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.
04SPECIMEN

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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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 · Descendants
Phylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Ancestors

Sogdian

Descendants

Manchu Script

Same family

SogdianOld Uyghur
08REACH

In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Mongolian

Countries

Mongolia
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