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Known as Classical, or Literary, Mongolian, the written language generally represents the language as it was spoken in the era of Genghis Khan and differs in many respects from the present-day spoken language, although some colloquial features were introduced into Classical Mongolian in the 19th century.
- Eastern Mongolian Languages
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- Syriac
Syriac alphabet, writing system used by the Syriac...
- Eastern Mongolian Languages
A timeline-based graphical representation of the Mongolic and Para-Mongolic languages. The possible precursor to Mongolic is the Xianbei language, heavily influenced by the Proto-Turkic (later, the Lir-Turkic) language. The stages of historical Mongolic are:
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Classic Mongolian scripts. Traditional alphabet. At the very beginning of the Mongol Empire, around 1204, Genghis Khan defeated the Naimans and captured a Uyghur scribe called Tata-tonga, who then adapted the Uyghur alphabet—a descendant of the Syriac alphabet, via Sogdian—to write Mongol.
- Orgil
The Khalkh (Khalkha) dialect of Mongolian dates from about the 17th century. The great chronicle The Secret History of the Mongols (mid-13th century) preserves a premodern version of the language (Middle Mongol) in a Chinese transcription.
Jan 28, 2015 · Mongolian has been used as a language in written form for about eight hundred years now. Before that or till the 13 th century, Mongolian was largely just a spoken language. Thus, there is no evidence to indicate that the language is as old as Sanskrit, Latin or some other language.
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History of Mongolia. Timeline. States. Rulers. Nobility. Culture. Politics. Geography. Language. Religion. Prehistoric period. Ancient period. Medieval period. Modern period. v. t. e.
