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The older, traditional alphabet was developed in the 1200s from the Turkic Uighur script. Unlike most vertical scripts, it begins at the left.  
The older, traditional alphabet was developed in the 1200s from the Turkic Uighur script. Unlike most vertical scripts, it begins at the left.  


In Mongolia, most older genealogical sources were written either in the classical Mongol script or in Chinese. Records from the 1900s are written in Russian, in Cyrillic Mongolian, or in the Kazakh language.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Mongolia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.</ref>
In Mongolia, most older genealogical sources were written either in the classical Mongol script or in Chinese. Records from the 1900s are written in Russian, in Cyrillic Mongolian, or in the Kazakh language.


===Mongolian Language Resources===
===Mongolian Language Resources===