| Subject: | Re: [OM] Travelogue: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
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| From: | Martin Walters <mwalters@xxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:23:56 -0500 |
Chris: The Cyrillic text is written left to right. The Uyghur alphabet is vertical - see this photo for an example. http://www.flickr.com/photos/14675507@N08/3177779141/in/set-72157612245771533/ Martin Chris Crawford wrote: > Cool photos. Do they write vertically using the Cyrillic alphabet? Before > Mongolia came under Soviet domination in the 20th century, the Mongolians > wrote using the Uyghur alphabet, which is a native writing system that is > written vertically. > > -- _________________________________________________________________ Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ |
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