In a classroom in Mongolia's capital, students pass over the Soviet-era Cyrillic alphabet they grew up with and turn their copybooks sideways to practice the traditional, vertical Mongolian script ...

This video explores the evolution of writing from its inception to modern times, highlighting significant developments and scripts. It focuses on the Mongolian script, currently used in Inner Mongolia ...

It has been almost 80 years since Mongolia switched to using the Cyrillic alphabet. Why is the government now promoting the traditional bichig script? At stake is an 800-year-old script with a ...

Genghis Khan as depicted in a 15th century manuscript. Credit: Bibliothèque nationale de France On August 26 China passed a law to sideline teaching in the Mongolian language in the region of Inner ...