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Letters strung down a vertical line.
Also known as: Hudum Mongol bichig
The script writing Mongolian in vertical columns running left to right.
Writes Mongolian in vertical columns of joined letters descending from a continuous stem.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
The only script in current use written vertically with columns running left to right; Chinese and Japanese vertical text runs right to left, so Mongolian and Chinese set side by side run in opposite directions.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Letters joined onto a continuous vertical stem line, each with initial, medial and final forms, the columns running from left to right across the page.