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ʼPhags-pa script

The Phagspa (/ˈpɑːɡzˌpɑː/ PAHGZ-PAH),[citation needed] ʼPhags-pa or ḥPʻags-pa script is an alphabet designed by the Tibetan monk and State Preceptor (later Imperial Preceptor) Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (1235–1280) for Kublai Khan (r. 1264–1294), the founder of the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) in China, as a unified script for the written languages within the…

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Child systems
Zanabazar's square
Creator
Drogön Chögyal Phagpa
Direction
Vertical left-to-right
Languages
Chinese · Mongolian · Persian · Sanskrit · Tibetan
Parent systems
Proto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiGuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa · PhoenicianAramaicBrahmiGuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa · AramaicBrahmiGuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa · BrahmiGuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa · GuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa
Period
1269 – c. 1660

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ʼPhags-pa script

Nodes62
Edges61
Triples78
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032258
Components1

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ʼPhags-pa script

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related to Nomenclature · 29
ʼPhags-pa script → Abkai Buleku, Abkai Xanyan, Abkai Xanyan LA, Abkai Xanyan SC, Abkai Xanyan VT, Abkai Xanyan XX, Code2000, Daicing White, Menk, Menk Garqag Tig, Menk Hawang Tig, Menk Qagan Tig, Menk Scnin Tig, Menksoft Qagan, Mong, Mongol Usug, Mongolian, Mongolian Baiti, Mongolian Universal White, Mongolian White
related to Typographic forms · 14
ʼPhags-pa script → According, Chinese, Chinese Academy, Hangul, However, Korean, Mongolian Seal Script, Old Seal Script, Professor Junast, Social Sciences, The, This, Tibetan, Wanli Emperor
Parent systems · 7
ʼPhags-pa script → AramaicBrahmiGuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa, BrahmiGuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa, GuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa, PhoenicianAramaicBrahmiGuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa, Proto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiGuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa, TibetanʼPhags-pa, ʼPhags-pa
Languages · 6
ʼPhags-pa script → Chinese, Mongolian, Persian, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Uyghur
related to Unicode · 5
ʼPhags-pa script → A840, A877, July, The Unicode, Unicode Standard
related to External links · 4
ʼPhags-pa script → BabelStone, Kublai Khan, Omniglot, Script
related to Menggu Ziyun · 4
ʼPhags-pa script → Chinese, Following, Menggu Ziyun, They
Child systems · 1
ʼPhags-pa script → Zanabazar's square
Creator · 1
ʼPhags-pa script → Drogön Chögyal Phagpa
Direction · 1
ʼPhags-pa script → Vertical left-to-right

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ʼphags-pa script tibetan chinese mongolian alphabet letters used letter citation needed written yuan languages base dynasty consonant unicode see sanskrit

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ʼPhags-pa scriptChild systemsZanabazar's square1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptCreatorDrogön Chögyal Phagpa1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptDirectionVertical left-to-right1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Phag (331), ​Phags-pa1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptLanguagesChinese1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptLanguagesMongolian1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptLanguagesPersian1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptLanguagesSanskrit1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptLanguagesTibetan1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptLanguagesUyghur1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptParent systemsProto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiGuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptParent systemsPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiGuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptParent systemsAramaicBrahmiGuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptParent systemsBrahmiGuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptParent systemsGuptaTibetanʼPhags-pa1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptParent systemsTibetanʼPhags-pa1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptParent systemsʼPhags-pa1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptPeriod1269 – c. 16601.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptScript typeAlphabet1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptSister systemsLepcha, Meitei, Khema, Marchen, Tamyig script1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptUnicode aliasPhags-pa1.00infobox
ʼPhags-pa scriptUnicode rangeU+A840–U+A87F1.00infobox

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