Tata-tonga

Tata-tongaorTatatunga(/ˌtætəˈtʊŋɡə/;Mongolian:ᠲᠠᠲᠠᠲᠤᠩᠭ᠎ᠠТататунга[ˈtʰatʰatʰʊɴɢ(ə)]) was a 13th-centuryUyghurscribe captured byGenghis Khanfrom theNaimans.He was involved in bringing theOld Uyghur Alpha betto theMongolian Plateauand adapting it to the form of theMongolian script(Mongol bichigorhudum bichig).^[1]After his capture, he was invited to teach the Old Uyghur Alpha bet to members of the court, including the Khan's sons.^{[citation needed]}

The Uyghur script was used until 1946, when Cyrillic script was introduced to replace it. It is still used mainly inInner Mongolia,China.In present-dayMongolia,Cyrillic is the official script for the Mongolian language and the traditional script is referred to as theold Mongol script(Mongolian:Хуучин монгол бичиг). Today, an estimated six millionMongol peoplein China can still read the traditional Mongolian script.^{[citation needed]}

TheManchu Alpha betwas derived since the very end of the 16th century from this Mongolian script.^{[citation needed]}

References

^Christian, David(1998).A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire.Wiley. p. 398.ISBN 978-0-631-20814-3.

[1] Christian, David(1998).A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire.Wiley. p. 398.ISBN 978-0-631-20814-3.

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