Oirat script - Oiratoji

Japanese: オイラート文字 - おいらーともじ
Oirat script - Oiratoji

…It is also called the Oirat script or the Tod script. It was invented in 1648 by the Oirat lama Zayapandita (1599-1662). Since the previous Mongolian script had no distinction between o and u, ö and ü, k and g, t and d, etc., he added special symbols to them to clarify the distinction. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Oirat script" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…オイラート文字ともトド(托忒)文字ともいう。1648年オイラート族出身のラマ僧ザヤパンディタ(1599‐1662)が考案したもので,従来のモンゴル文字がoとu,öとü,kとg,tとdなどの間に字形上の区別がなかったので,これらに特別の記号を付加して区別を明瞭にした。…

※「オイラート文字」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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