Mongolian (Unicode block)

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Mongolian is a Unicode block containing characters for dialects of Mongolian, Manchu, and Sibe languages. It is traditionally written in vertical lines Top-Down, right across the page, although the Unicode code charts cite the characters rotated to horizontal orientation as this is the orientation of glyphs in a font that supports layout in vertical orientation.

RangeU+1800..U+18AF
(176 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsMongolian (155 char.)
Common (3 char.)
Major alphabets
  • Mongolian
  • Manchu
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Mongolian
RangeU+1800..U+18AF
(176 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsMongolian (155 char.)
Common (3 char.)
Major alphabets
  • Mongolian
  • Manchu
Assigned158 code points
Unused18 reserved code points
Unicode Version History
3.0 (1999)155 (+155)
5.1 (2008)156 (+1)
11.0 (2018)157 (+1)
14.0 (2021)158 (+1)
Unicode documentation
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Note: [1][2]
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The block has dozens of variation sequences defined for standardized variants.[3]

Block

Mongolian[1][2][3]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+180x FVS
1
FVS
2
FVS
3
MVS FVS
4
U+181x
U+182x
U+183x
U+184x
U+185x
U+186x
U+187x
U+188x
U+189x
U+18Ax
Notes
1.^As of Unicode version 17.0
2.^Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
3.^The Unicode presentation form of U+1824 MONGOLIAN LETTER U is U+1824 FVS1 ᠤ᠋ Second Isolate Form, to distinguish it from the visually identical U+1823 MONGOLIAN LETTER O. For the same reason, the Unicode presentation form of U+1826 MONGOLIAN LETTER UE is U+1826 FVS2 ᠦ᠌ Third Isolate Form.[4] See document N4752R2.

Presentation forms

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Vowels
Letter Subset Unicode Isolate Initial Medial Final
A Basic 1820
1820 180B N/a
1820 180C N/a N/a
E Basic 1821
1821 180B N/a N/a
Todo 1844 N/a
1844 180B N/a N/a
Sibe 185D
185D 180B N/a
EE Basic 1827
I Basic 1822
1822 180B N/a N/a
Todo 1845
1845 180B N/a N/a
Sibe 185E
185E 180B N/a
185E 180C N/a
Manchu 1873
1873 180B N/a
1873 180C N/a
1873 180D N/a N/a
IY Sibe 185F N/a
O Basic 1823
1823 180B N/a
Todo 1846
1846 180B N/a N/a
OE Basic 1825
1825 180B N/a
1825 180C N/a N/a
Todo 1848
1848 180B N/a N/a
U Basic 1824
1824 180B N/a N/a
Todo 1847
1847 180B N/a
1847 180C N/a N/a
Sibe 1861
UE Basic 1826
1826 180B N/a
1826 180C N/a N/a
Todo 1849
1849 180B N/a N/a
Sibe 1860
1860 180B N/a
Long
vowel
sign
Todo 1843 N/a
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Consonants
Letter Subset Unicode Isolate Initial Medial Final
NA Basic 1828
1828 180B N/a N/a
1828 180C N/a N/a
1828 180D N/a N/a
ANG Basic 1829 N/a
Todo 184A 180B N/a
Sibe 1862 180B N/a
BA Basic 182A
182A 180B N/a
Todo 184B
PA Basic 182B
Todo 184C
Sibe 1866 N/a
QA Basic 182C N/a
182C 180B N/a
182C 180C N/a N/a
182C 180D N/a N/a
Todo 184D
184D 180B N/a N/a
GA Basic 182D
182D 180B N/a
182D 180C N/a N/a
182D 180D N/a N/a
Todo 184E
184E 180B N/a N/a
Sibe 1864 N/a
MA Basic 182E
Todo 184F
LA Basic 182F
SA Basic 1830
1830 180B N/a
1830 180C N/a
SHA Basic 1831
1878[a]
Sibe 1867
TA Basic 1832
1832 180B N/a N/a
Todo 1850
Sibe 1868
1868 180B N/a N/a
1868 180C N/a N/a
DA Basic 1833
1833 180B N/a
Todo 1851
Sibe 1869 N/a
1869 180B N/a N/a
CHA Basic 1834
Todo 1852
Sibe 1871 N/a
JA Basic 1835
1835 180B N/a N/a
Todo 1853
Sibe 186A N/a
YA Basic 1836 N/a
1836 180B N/a N/a
1836 180C N/a N/a
Todo 1855 N/a
RA Basic 1837
Manchu 1875
RAA Sibe 1870 N/a
WA Basic 1838
1838 180B N/a N/a
Todo 1856
FA Basic 1839
Sibe 186B N/a
Manchu 1876 N/a
1876 180B N/a N/a
KA Basic 183A
Todo 1857
Sibe 1863
1863 180B N/a N/a
Manchu 1874
1874 180B N/a
1874 180C N/a
1874 180D N/a N/a
KHA Basic 183B
GAA Todo 1858 N/a
Sibe 186C N/a
TSA Basic 183C
Todo 1854
Sibe 186E N/a
ZA Basic 183D
Sibe 186F N/a
186F 180B N/a N/a
HAA Basic 183E
Todo 1859
Sibe 186D N/a
HA Sibe 1865 N/a
ZRA Basic 183F
ZHA Sibe 1872 N/a
Manchu 1877 N/a
LHA Basic 1840 N/a
ZHI Basic 1841 N/a
CHI Basic 1842 N/a
JIA Todo 185A N/a
NIA Todo 185B N/a
DZA Todo 185C
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Extensions for Sanskrit and Tibetan

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Vowels
Letter Subset Unicode Isolate Initial Medial Final
A Basic 1887 N/a
1887 180B N/a
1887 180C N/a
1887 180D N/a
I Basic 1888 N/a
1888 180B N/a
AH Basic 1897 N/a
Half U Basic 18A6 N/a
Half YA Basic 18A7 N/a
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Consonants
Letter Subset Unicode Isolate Initial Medial Final
KA Basic 1889 N/a
NGA Basic 188A N/a N/a
188A 180B N/a N/a
Manchu 189B N/a N/a
CA Basic 188B N/a N/a
Manchu 189C N/a N/a
TTA Basic 188C N/a
Manchu 189E N/a N/a
TTHA Basic 188D N/a
DDA Basic 188E N/a
NNA Basic 188F N/a
TA Basic 1890 N/a
Todo 1898 N/a
Manchu 18A0 N/a
DA Basic 1891 N/a
PA Basic 1892 N/a
PHA Basic 1893 N/a
SSA Basic 1894 N/a N/a
Manchu 18A2 N/a N/a
ZHA Basic 1895 N/a
Todo 1899 N/a
Manchu 18A4 N/a N/a
ZA Basic 1896 N/a N/a
Manchu 18A5 N/a N/a
GHA Manchu 189A N/a N/a
JHA Manchu 189D N/a N/a
DDHA Manchu 189F N/a N/a
DHA Manchu 18A1 N/a N/a
CYA Manchu 18A3 N/a N/a
BHA Manchu 18A8 N/a
LHA Manchu 18AA N/a N/a
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Signs and marks
Letter Subset Unicode Isolate Initial Medial Final
Anusvara
One
Basic 1880 N/a
1880 180B N/a
Visarga
One
Basic 1881 N/a
1881 180B N/a
Damaru Basic 1882 N/a
Ubadama Basic 1883 N/a
Inverted
Ubadama
Basic 1884 N/a
Baluda Basic 1885 N/a
Three
Baluda
Basic 1886 N/a
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Variations and vowel separation

The Mongolian Unicode block contains its own variation selectors (listed as format controls) for use with the traditional Mongolian alphabet:[6]

  • U+180B MONGOLIAN FREE VARIATION SELECTOR ONE (FSV1)
  • U+180C MONGOLIAN FREE VARIATION SELECTOR TWO (FSV2)
  • U+180D MONGOLIAN FREE VARIATION SELECTOR THREE (FSV3)
  • U+180E MONGOLIAN VOWEL SEPARATOR (MVS)
  • U+180F MONGOLIAN FREE VARIATION SELECTOR FOUR (FSV4)

Additional variations may be also available for characters according to context or by manually using special characters, namely the zero-width joiner (ZWJ) and zero-width non-joiner (ZWNJ), to select the specific form.

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Mongolian block:

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