Clear Script (Todo Bichig, later Oirat states)
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Clear Script (Todo Bichig) is a 17th-century vertical Mongolic writing system devised by the Oirat Buddhist scholar Zaya Pandita to provide a more phonetic and standardized orthography for the Oirat language and related dialects.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clear Script (Todo Bichig) | 1 |
| Clear Script (Todo Bichig, later Oirat states) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14554830 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clear Script (Todo Bichig, later Oirat states) Context triple: [Oirat confederation, usedScript, Clear Script (Todo Bichig, later Oirat states)]
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A.
Classical Mongolian script
Classical Mongolian script is the historic vertical writing system used for the Mongolian language, derived from the Old Uyghur alphabet and still employed in Inner Mongolia today.
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B.
Sibe script
The Sibe script is an alphabetic writing system derived from the Manchu script, used primarily to write the Sibe language spoken by the Sibe people in China.
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C.
Borama script
The Borama script is an indigenous writing system historically used by some Somali communities to represent the Somali language before the adoption of more widespread scripts.
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D.
Chagatai script
The Chagatai script is a historical Perso-Arabic–based writing system used for the Chagatai Turkic literary language, which influenced later Central Asian Turkic languages including Uyghur.
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E.
Khitan script
The Khitan script was an ancient writing system used by the Khitan people of northern China and Central Asia, notable for its complex logographic and syllabic forms and its role in recording the languages of the Liao and Qara Khitai empires.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clear Script (Todo Bichig, later Oirat states) Target entity description: Clear Script (Todo Bichig) is a 17th-century vertical Mongolic writing system devised by the Oirat Buddhist scholar Zaya Pandita to provide a more phonetic and standardized orthography for the Oirat language and related dialects.
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A.
Classical Mongolian script
Classical Mongolian script is the historic vertical writing system used for the Mongolian language, derived from the Old Uyghur alphabet and still employed in Inner Mongolia today.
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B.
Sibe script
The Sibe script is an alphabetic writing system derived from the Manchu script, used primarily to write the Sibe language spoken by the Sibe people in China.
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C.
Borama script
The Borama script is an indigenous writing system historically used by some Somali communities to represent the Somali language before the adoption of more widespread scripts.
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D.
Chagatai script
The Chagatai script is a historical Perso-Arabic–based writing system used for the Chagatai Turkic literary language, which influenced later Central Asian Turkic languages including Uyghur.
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E.
Khitan script
The Khitan script was an ancient writing system used by the Khitan people of northern China and Central Asia, notable for its complex logographic and syllabic forms and its role in recording the languages of the Liao and Qara Khitai empires.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oirat confederation
this entity surface form:
Clear Script (Todo Bichig)