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Manchu alphabet
Alphabet used to write the Manchu language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Manchu alphabet (Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ, Möllendorff: manju hergen, Abkai: manju hergen) is the alphabet used to write the now critically endangered Manchu language. A similar script called Xibe script is used today by the Xibe people, whose language is considered either a dialect of Manchu or a closely related, mutually intelligible language. It is written vertically from top to bottom, with columns proceeding from left to right.
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Quick Facts Manchu script ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨmanju hergen, Script type ...
Manchu script ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ manju hergen | |
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Languages | Manchu Xibe |
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ISO 15924 | Mong (145), Mongolian |
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Unicode alias | Mongolian |
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