Soyombo
The Mongolian scholar Zanabazar was an outstanding figure for his times. After having invented square writing, he developed a new kind of script called Soyombo. The Soyombo script was designed for the Mongolian and Tibetan languages, as well as for Sanskrit. The evidence of it can be found in the Buddhist handwritten texts.
Soembo is an abugida. The sound /a/ is added to the consonant by default. The direction of writing is horizontal, from left to right.
Apart from that, Zanabazar included a sign, which is now the main national symbol of Mongolia. It's called Soyombo (yes, the same as the script), and it looks like this: 𑪞 . It can be seen on the national flag, military stripes, national currency notes — tugriks.
Properties
| Range | 11A50–11AAF |
| Characters | 96 |
Vowel letter
Vowel signs
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𑩑11A51Soyombo Vowel Sign I
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𑩒11A52Soyombo Vowel Sign Ue
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𑩓11A53Soyombo Vowel Sign U
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𑩔11A54Soyombo Vowel Sign E
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𑩕11A55Soyombo Vowel Sign O
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𑩖11A56Soyombo Vowel Sign Oe
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𑩗11A57Soyombo Vowel Sign Ai
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𑩘11A58Soyombo Vowel Sign Au
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𑩙11A59Soyombo Vowel Sign Vocalic R
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𑩚11A5ASoyombo Vowel Sign Vocalic L
Vowel length mark
Consonants
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𑩜11A5CSoyombo Letter Ka
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𑩝11A5DSoyombo Letter Kha
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𑩞11A5ESoyombo Letter Ga
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𑩟11A5FSoyombo Letter Gha
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𑩠11A60Soyombo Letter Nga
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𑩡11A61Soyombo Letter Ca
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𑩢11A62Soyombo Letter Cha
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𑩣11A63Soyombo Letter Ja
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𑩤11A64Soyombo Letter Jha
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𑩥11A65Soyombo Letter Nya
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𑩦11A66Soyombo Letter Tta
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𑩧11A67Soyombo Letter Ttha
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𑩨11A68Soyombo Letter Dda
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𑩩11A69Soyombo Letter Ddha
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𑩪11A6ASoyombo Letter Nna
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𑩫11A6BSoyombo Letter Ta
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𑩬11A6CSoyombo Letter Tha
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𑩭11A6DSoyombo Letter Da
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𑩮11A6ESoyombo Letter Dha
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𑩯11A6FSoyombo Letter Na
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𑩰11A70Soyombo Letter Pa
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𑩱11A71Soyombo Letter Pha
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𑩲11A72Soyombo Letter Ba
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𑩳11A73Soyombo Letter Bha
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𑩴11A74Soyombo Letter Ma
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𑩵11A75Soyombo Letter Tsa
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𑩶11A76Soyombo Letter Tsha
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𑩷11A77Soyombo Letter Dza
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𑩸11A78Soyombo Letter Zha
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𑩹11A79Soyombo Letter Za
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𑩺11A7ASoyombo Letter -A
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𑩻11A7BSoyombo Letter Ya
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𑩼11A7CSoyombo Letter Ra
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𑩽11A7DSoyombo Letter La
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𑩾11A7ESoyombo Letter Va
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𑩿11A7FSoyombo Letter Sha
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𑪀11A80Soyombo Letter Ssa
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𑪁11A81Soyombo Letter Sa
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𑪂11A82Soyombo Letter Ha
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𑪃11A83Soyombo Letter Kssa
Alternate visarga signs
Cluster-initial letters
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𑪆11A86Soyombo Cluster-Initial Letter Ra
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𑪇11A87Soyombo Cluster-Initial Letter La
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𑪈11A88Soyombo Cluster-Initial Letter Sha
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𑪉11A89Soyombo Cluster-Initial Letter Sa
Final consonant signs
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𑪊11A8ASoyombo Final Consonant Sign G
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𑪋11A8BSoyombo Final Consonant Sign K
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𑪌11A8CSoyombo Final Consonant Sign Ng
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𑪍11A8DSoyombo Final Consonant Sign D
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𑪎11A8ESoyombo Final Consonant Sign N
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𑪏11A8FSoyombo Final Consonant Sign B
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𑪐11A90Soyombo Final Consonant Sign M
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𑪑11A91Soyombo Final Consonant Sign R
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𑪒11A92Soyombo Final Consonant Sign L
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𑪓11A93Soyombo Final Consonant Sign Sh
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𑪔11A94Soyombo Final Consonant Sign S
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𑪕11A95Soyombo Final Consonant Sign -A
Various signs
Gemination mark
Subjoiner
Punctuation
Elongation mark
Head marks
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𑪞11A9ESoyombo Head Mark With Moon And Sun And Triple Flame
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𑪟11A9FSoyombo Head Mark With Moon And Sun And Flame
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𑪠11AA0Soyombo Head Mark With Moon And Sun