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Various Mongolian writing systems have been devised for the Mongolian language over the centuries, and from a variety of scripts. The oldest and native script, called simply the Mongolian script , has been the predominant script during most of Mongolian history, and is still in active use today in the Inner Mongolia region of China and has de ...
The traditional Mongolian script, [note 1] also known as the Hudum Mongol bichig, [note 2] was the first writing system created specifically for the Mongolian language, and was the most widespread until the introduction of Cyrillic in 1946. It is traditionally written in vertical lines from top to bottom, flowing in lines from left to right .
Zanabazar's square script is a horizontal Mongolian square script (Mongolian: Хэвтээ Дөрвөлжин бичиг, romanized: Hevtee Dörvöljin bichig or Хэвтээ Дөрвөлжин Үсэг, Hevtee Dörvöljin Üseg), [1] an abugida developed by the monk and scholar Zanabazar based on the Tibetan alphabet to write Mongolian.
Scholars of Mongolian history consider the text hugely important for the wealth of information it contains on the ethnography, language, literature and varied aspects of the Mongol culture. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In terms of its value to the field of linguistic studies, it is considered unique among the Mongol texts as an example free from the influence ...
Examples of lost works include the "Altan Debter", "Ikh Tovchoo" and "Great Yassa". Significant works and writings in Mongol language from this period include: The Stele of Yisüngge (~1225–70). [5] The Secret History of the Mongols (1228). [6] A decree of Ögedei Khan (1240). Parchment writings of the Golden Horde (1240s).
Mongolian script and Mongolian Cyrillic on Sukhbaatar's statue in Ulaanbaatar. Mongolian has been written in a variety of alphabets, making it a language with one of the largest number of scripts used historically. The earliest stages of Mongolian (Xianbei, Wuhuan languages) may have used an indigenous runic script as indicated by Chinese sources.
This script then became the established writing system used for all Mongolian literature until the 1930s when the Mongolian Latin alphabet was introduced, which then in 1941 was replaced by the Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet. [2] Classical Mongolian was formerly used in Mongolia, China, and Russia. It is a standardized written language used in the ...
The Clear Script [note 1] is an alphabet created in 1648 by the Oirat Buddhist monk Zaya Pandita for the Oirat language. [1] [2] [3] It was developed on the basis of the Mongolian script with the goal of distinguishing all sounds in the spoken language, and to make it easier to transcribe Sanskrit and the Tibetic languages.