| LC control no. | sh 85100550 |
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| LC classification | PL402.6 Mongolian |
| Topical heading | 'Phags-pa alphabet |
| Variant(s) | Dȯrbejin alphabet Dȯrbeljin alphabet Dȯrvȯlzhin alphabet Ḥpʻags-pa alphabet Square alphabet |
| See also | Chinese language--Writing Mongolian language--Alphabet Tibetan language--Alphabet |
| Found in | Britannica Micro. Mongolchuudyn useg bichigiin tovchoon, 2001: p. 80 (Dȯrvȯlzhin bichig [in Mong. script: Dȯrbejin bicig]; Phags-pa script; created 1269 by Phags-pa Bio-gros-rgyal-mtshan at the request of Kublai Khan; based upon Tibetan; most existing texts in Mongolian) The Mongolian monuments in Ḥpʻags-pa script, 1957: pref. (used in the Yuan empire to write not only in Mongolian, but also in Chinese and other languages) Encyclopedia of Mongolia and Mongol Empire, 2004: page 519 (Square script ('Phags-pa Script) designed as a universal script for the Mongol Empire.) |
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