Most writing systems we read and write with today are normally written horizontally from left to right and some from right to left. But we have some of the more unconventional writing and reading directions, such as the Hanun├│'o script which is written vertically from bottom to top. Today, predominantly vertical writing systems form a … Continue reading Introducing the Traditional Mongolian Script (саосагсайсансагсап саксавса┤савсан)
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Trying to understand a Mongolian phonology rule
When I first set out to learn Mongolian, I expected the sound system and alphabets to be more straightforward than some other languages like say, Tibetan. With this, came this expectation of sort of a one-to-one relationship between letter and sound. However, in reality, I realised some letters were not quite pronounced the way I … Continue reading Trying to understand a Mongolian phonology rule
Trying to understand the “fleeting-n” in Mongolian
For the past couple of months, I had been exploring the Mongolian language, learning about the rather interesting phonology system, the vowel harmony it sort of shares in common with some of the Turkic languages, and perhaps a bit of the writing system, Mongol bichig, which is probably one of the few writing systems today … Continue reading Trying to understand the “fleeting-n” in Mongolian
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