#mongolian script

My name in Traditional Mongolian script & japanese katakana

Even though I've been writing my name in mongolian my whole life and got used to it, when i write it in a different way and in different language it feels really unique and special.

Mongolian traditional script calligraphy

http://eye-of-tengri.deviantart.com/art/Eternal-Snowy-Mountain-Eternal-Blue-Sky-576212241

Here is the national anthem of Mongolia written in the world's most beautiful script - Mongol Bichig. As much as I love Cyrillic, it just doesn’t compare in appearance.

Mongolian Script was developed from the old Uyghur script hundreds of years ago, and is one of the world's only vertically written scripts... making it wildly impractical. It is still used today by Mongolian speakers in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous (lol) region of China, but was replaced in Mongolia first by a Latin script (1931) and then by its current Cyrillic (1941), cuz, y'know, communism.

I am pretty good with Mongolian Cyrillic, and I even use a Mongolian keyboard to type Russian as well because it's just confusing to learn both (and who even needs щ anywayz). I attempted using this Memrise course to learn Mongolian script, which did not go brilliantly, due to vowel complications which kinda require knowledge of the Mongolian language. My Mongolian is pretty limited, so with a heavy heart I put Mongolian script learning to the side until such time as I can have another crack at the language.

Here’s the Cyrillic:

Дархан манай тусгаар улс

Даяар монголын ариун голомт

Далай их дээдсийн гэгээн үйлс

Дандаа энхжин, үүрд мөнхөжнө

Хамаг дэлхийн шударга улстай

Хамтран нэгдсэн эвээ бэхжүүлж

Хатан зориг бүхий л чадлаараа

Хайртай Монгол орноо мандуулъя

Өндөр төрийн минь сүлд ивээж

Өргөн түмний минь заяа түшиж

Үндэс язгуур, хэл соёлоо

Үрийн үрдээ өвлөн бадраая

Эрэлхэг Монголын золтой ардууд

Эрх чөлөө жаргалыг эдлэв

Жаргалын түлхүүр, хөгжлийн тулгуур