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The Clear Script (Oirat: ᡐᡆᡑᡆ
ᡋᡅᡒᡅᡎ / Тодо бичиг, romanized: todo bičiq / todo bičig, [todo bit͡ʃ(ə)k]; Mongolian: Тод бичиг / ᠲᠣᠳᠣ
ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ, romanized: tod bichig / todo bičig, [tɔd bit͡ʃək], Russian Buryat: Тодо бэшэг, romanized: Todo besheg, ([tɔdɔ bɛʃək]), or just todo) is an alphabet created in 1648 by the Oirat Buddhist monk Zaya Pandita for the Oirat language.[1][2][3] It was developed on the basis of the Mongolian script with the goal of distinguishing all sounds in the spoken language, and to make it easier to transcribe Sanskrit and the Tibetic languages.
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Clear Script Oirat alphabet | |
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Script type | |
Creator | Zaya Pandita |
Time period | ca. 1648 – today |
Direction | Vertical left-to-right |
Languages | Oirat Sanskrit Tibetic |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Sister systems | Manchu alphabet Vagindra script |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Mong (145), Mongolian |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Mongolian |
U+1800 – U+18AF | |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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