Cool photos. Do they write vertically using the Cyrillic alphabet? Before
Mongolia came under Soviet domination in the 20th century, the Mongolians
wrote using the Uyghur alphabet, which is a native writing system that is
written vertically.
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On 1/7/09 5:19 PM, "Walters, Martin" <Martin.Walters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> In November, I spent several days in Ulaanbaatar, capital of Mongolia.
> Early one very brisk morning, I took the OM around the main square.
>
> Some of the architecture clearly shows Soviet influence! Mongolians
> generally use Cyrillic script, but not Russian. Mongolian script is
> written vertically.
>
> Another day I visited a Canadian-operated gold mine a couple of hours
> out of town. Lots of interesting sights, but little opportunity to take
> photos.
>
> I know the list has little affection for Flickr.... Anyway, some photos
> at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14675507@N08/sets/72157612245771533/
>
> All OM-2N, Portra 400 NC, Costco scans.
>
> Martin
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