Mongolia awards traditional script writers to promote language culture

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Mongolia awards traditional script writers to promote language culture

STORY: Mongolia awards traditional script writers to promote language culture DATELINE: Jan. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: Mongolia held a ceremony on Friday to reward the winners of a national alphabet writing contest, a move to introduce and promote the country's traditional language. The annual contest this year saw around 50 first-class traditional Mongolian script writers among over 1,100 participants across the Asian country. The traditional Mongolian script, which is written vertically, was the most widespread until the introduction of the Cyrillic script in the 1940s. In 2020, the Mongolian government announced plans to use the traditional script alongside the Cyrillic script in official documents and legal papers from 2025. Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, culture and linguistics experts, domestic and foreign experts in the traditional Mongolian script also attended the award ceremony. Xinhua

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