Manchu alphabet

Manchu script
ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ
*manju hergen*
Manchu script; ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ; manju hergen
	18th century manuscript
Script type	Alphabet
Languages	Manchu; Xibe
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian hieroglyphs Proto-Sinaitic alphabet Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Syriac alphabet Sogdian alphabet Old Uyghur alphabet Mongolian script Manchu script; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Child systems	Dagur alphabet; Xibe alphabet;
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Mong (145), Mongolian
Unicode
Unicode alias	Mongolian

The Manchu alphabet (Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ, Möllendorff: manju hergen, Abkai: manju hergen) is the alphabet used to write the now critically endangered Manchu language. A similar script called Xibe script is used today by the Xibe people, whose language is considered either a dialect of Manchu or a closely related, mutually intelligible language. It is written vertically from top to bottom, with columns proceeding from left to right.

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