Old Uyghur alphabet

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abjad alphabet writing system

The Old Uyghur alphabet is an early Turkic writing system used by the Uyghur people, derived from Middle Iranian scripts and influential in the development of later scripts such as Mongolian.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Old Uyghur script 8
Old Uyghur alphabet canonical 5
Old Uyghur 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abjad ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedPeople Uyghurs ⓘ
surface form: Qocho Uyghurs

Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ
associatedReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Manichaeism ⓘ
Nestorianism ⓘ
surface form: Nestorian Christianity
derivedFrom Sogdian alphabet ⓘ
directionOfWriting left-to-right (in column order) ⓘ
top-to-bottom ⓘ
vertical ⓘ
hasCharacterSetSize 22 letters (approximate) ⓘ
historicalStatus extinct script ⓘ
influenced Classical Mongolian script ⓘ
Clear script (Todo script) ⓘ
surface form: Clear Script (Todo)

Manchu script ⓘ
Classical Mongolian script ⓘ
surface form: Old Mongolian script
iso15924Code Ougr ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
Tarim Basin ⓘ
relatedTo Syriac alphabet ⓘ
scriptDirectionOrigin rotated from right-to-left horizontal to vertical ⓘ
scriptFamily Middle Iranian scripts ⓘ
scriptLineage Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Aramaic alphabet

Sogdian alphabet ⓘ
Syriac alphabet ⓘ
timePeriod 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
unicodeBlock Old Uyghur alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Uyghur
unicodeStandardVersion Unicode 13.0 ⓘ
usedBy Turkic peoples ⓘ
Uyghurs ⓘ
surface form: Uyghur people
usedFor administrative documents ⓘ
literary works ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
writingMedium manuscripts ⓘ
paper documents ⓘ
wooden documents ⓘ
writingSystemOf Old Uyghur alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Uyghur language
writingSystemScope historical ⓘ
writingSystemType consonantal script ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aramaic alphabet (historically) → ancestorOf → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
subject surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Uyghur language (historically) → writingSystem → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Uyghur script
Turkic languages → haveHistoricalScript → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uyghur script
Classical Mongolian script → derivedFrom → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
Classical Mongolian script → ancestorScript → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Uyghur script
Old Turkic (runiform and Uyghur-script traditions) → writingSystem → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Uyghur script
Old Turkic script → successorScript → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Uyghur script
Sogdia → writingSystemInfluenced → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Uyghur script
Sogdian alphabet → influenced → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
Sogdian alphabet → influenced → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Uyghur script
Manichaean script → usedFor → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Uyghur language
Manichaean script → usedBy → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uyghur scribes
Uyghur Khaganate → language → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Uyghur
Uyghur Khaganate → writingSystem → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
Old Uyghur alphabet → writingSystemOf → Old Uyghur alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Uyghur language
Old Uyghur alphabet → unicodeBlock → Old Uyghur alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Uyghur
Syriac alphabet → influenced → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
Sogdian language → influenced → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uyghur script
Manchu script → influencedBy → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Uyghur script
Turfan manuscripts → hasLanguage → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Uyghur
Turfan manuscripts → hasScript → Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Uyghur script