Manchu alphabet

The Manchu alphabet (Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ, Möllendorff: manju hergen, Abkai: manju hergen) is the alphabet used to write the now nearly-extinct Manchu language. A similar script is used today by the Xibe people, who speak a language considered either as a dialect of Manchu or a closely related, mutually intelligible language. It is written vertically from top to bottom, with columns proceeding from left to right.

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Manchu script ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ manju hergen
Seal with Manchu text
Script type	Alphabet
Languages	Manchu Xibe
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic alphabet Phoenician alphabet [1] Aramaic alphabet[1][2] Syriac alphabet Sogdian alphabet Old Uyghur alphabet Mongolian script Manchu script
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Mong (145), ​Mongolian
Unicode
Unicode alias	Mongolian
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