Graphic showing different scripts in use in the country of Mongolia, and the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia. AFP / John SAEKI In a classroom in Mongolia's capital, students pass over the ...
At stake is an 800-year-old script with a multicultural lineage emanating from the golden era of the Silk Route. Genghis Khan as depicted in a 15th century manuscript. Credit: Bibliothèque nationale ...
Buryats Increasingly Studying Ancient Vertical Script That Links Them To Mongols And Buddhism – OpEd
In 1931, the Soviets imposed a Latin script on the Buryat language, and in 1939, a Cyrillic-based one. But today increasing numbers of Buryats are studying their ancient vertical script which links ...
It has been almost 80 years since Mongolia switched to using the Cyrillic alphabet. Why is the government now promoting the traditional bichig script? At stake is an 800-year-old script with a ...
In a classroom in Mongolia’s capital, students pass over the Soviet-era Cyrillic alphabet they grew up with and turn their copybooks sideways to practice the traditional, vertical Mongolian script ...
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