Phags-pa

ISO 15924: PhagAbugida5 total languages
IANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

ꡀꡁꡂꡃꡄꡅꡆꡇꡈꡉꡊꡋꡌꡍꡎꡏꡐꡑꡒꡓꡔꡕꡖꡗꡘꡙꡚ

Rendered using a Noto web font where available; falls back to system fonts.

Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
Historical / special
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt + app-maintained overrides
Phags-pa has historical vertical usage.
Script Properties
Family
Tibetan-derived
Geographic origin
Central Asia
Usage status
Historical script
OpenType tag
phag
'Phags-pa script, created by Drogön Chögyal Phagpa in 1269 for Kublai Khan to write Mongolian, Chinese, Tibetan, and Sanskrit in a single unified script.

Related Scripts

TibtTibetanMongMongolian

Unicode Blocks

Phags-paU+A840

1 Unicode block contain Phags-pa characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
4

Halh Mongolian
khk
Mongolian
mon
Peripheral Mongolian
mvf
Chinese
zho

Single-source attestation (AUX)
1

Tibetan
bodSingle source