The Galik script (, ) is an extension to the traditional
Mongolian script
The traditional Mongolian script, also known as the Hudum Mongol bichig, was the first Mongolian alphabet, writing system created specifically for the Mongolian language, and was the most widespread until the introduction of Cyrillic script, Cy ...
. It was created in 1587 by the translator and scholar
Ayuush Güüsh (), inspired by the third
Dalai Lama
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,
Sonam Gyatso. He added extra characters for
transcribing
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...
Tibetan and
Sanskrit
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terms when translating religious texts, and later also from
Chinese. Some of those characters are still in use today for writing foreign names.
Some authors (particularly historic ones like
Isaac Taylor
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Life
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in his ''The Alphabet: an account of the origin and development of letters'', 1883) don't distinguish between the Galik and standard Mongolian alphabets.
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Mongolian script § Components.
Letters
The order of the letters corresponds to the alphabetic order of Sanskrit.
Symbols and diacritics
See also
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Mongolian transliteration of Chinese characters
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Notes
References
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Mongolian writing systems
Articles containing Mongolian script text
Mongolic letters
Sanskrit
Tibetan language
Transcription of Chinese
Writing systems introduced in the 16th century
1587 establishments in Asia