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 ...

Genghis Khan as depicted in a 15th century manuscript. Credit: Bibliothèque nationale de France Subscribe for ads-free reading On August 26 China passed a law to sideline teaching in the Mongolian ...

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 ...

The Mongolian government on March 18 approved a national program to promote the traditional Mongolian script and improve its usage across the country. The program aims to enhance preparations for ...

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia has officially begun using both the Cyrillic and traditional Mongolian scripts for legal papers and official documents, starting this year, local media reported ...