12-20-2004, 02:30 PM
Mongolian alphabets (Монгол)
Origin
The Mongolian alphabet was adapted from the Uighur alphabet in the 12th Century. The Uighur alphabet was a derivative of the Sogdian alphabet, which ultimately came from Aramaic.
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![[Image: smp_mongolian2.gif]](http://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/smp_mongolian2.gif)
Could've mistaken it for Syriac. <!-- s
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Origin
The Mongolian alphabet was adapted from the Uighur alphabet in the 12th Century. The Uighur alphabet was a derivative of the Sogdian alphabet, which ultimately came from Aramaic.
Source: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mongolian.htm">http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mongolian.htm</a><!-- m -->
Could've mistaken it for Syriac. <!-- s
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One of the first owners of the facsimile of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802837867/ref=nosim/ultimyourulti-20"><b>Codex Leningrad</b></a>