Old Uyghur alphabet
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| Old Uyghur alphabet | |
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| Type | Abjad |
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| Spoken languages | Uighur |
| Time period | ca.700s AD – 1800s AD |
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| Child systems | Mongolian Clear script Manchu |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | |
The Old Uyghur alphabet was used for writing the Uyghur language. It was descendant of the Sogdian alphabet, used for texts with Buddhist, Manichaean and Christian content for 700–800 years in Uyghurstan. The last known manuscripts are dated to the 18th century. This was the prototype for the Mongolian and Manchu alphabets.
