Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet
| Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet Монгол Кирилл үсэг | |
|---|---|
| Script type | |
Period | 1940s – present |
| Languages | Mongolian |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Egyptian hieroglyphs
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| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Cyrl (220), Cyrillic |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Cyrillic |
| subset of Cyrillic (U+0400...U+04FF) | |
The Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet (Mongolian: Монгол Кирилл үсэг, Mongol Kirill üseg or Кирилл цагаан толгой, Kirill tsagaan tolgoi) is one of the two writing systems used for the standard dialect of the Mongolian language in the modern state of Mongolia. It has a largely more phonemic orthography, meaning that there is a fairer degree of consistency in the representation of individual sounds, compared to the traditional Mongolian script, which is still used in the Inner Mongolia region of China, and is also co-official in the modern state of Mongolia.