Soyombo
Escritura soyombo
- Date
- 1686 · confidence high
- Place
- Mongolia
- Credited to
- Zanabazar
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
An abugida created by the Mongolian Buddhist monk Zanabazar in 1686 to write Mongolian, also used for Tibetan and Sanskrit; its main symbol became a national emblem of Mongolia.
What it led to
- the Soyombo symbol on Mongolia's flag and emblem since 1911
- ceremonial and decorative use rather than everyday writing
- a reference point for Mongolian national identity
- interest as one of the easternmost Indic-derived scripts