Mongolian writing systems
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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
Bronze 'fish tally' with Khitan script
"Mongol" in Traditional Mongolian script.
"Mongol" in Todo script.
"Mongol" in Soyombo script.
Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet
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The Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet is the primary writing system used for the Mongolian language in modern Mongolia. It has a largely phonemic orthography, meaning that there is a greater degree of consi
Mongolian writing systems
…Sanskrit and Tibetan. In the 20th century, Mongolia briefly switched to the Latin script, but then almost immediately replaced it with the modified Cyrillic alphabet because of its smaller discrepancy between written and spoken form, contributing to the success of the literacy campaign, which increased the literacy…
Cyrillic Script Monument erected under a joint Bulgarian-Mongolian project in Antarctica