Phags-pa script extensions
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Phags-pa script extensions are additional Unicode characters that expand support for the historic Mongolian and Tibetan-related Phags-pa writing system used during the Yuan dynasty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Phags-pa script extensions canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5882295 — 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: Phags-pa script extensions Context triple: [Unicode 5.1, addsSupportFor, Phags-pa script extensions]
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A.
Tibetan script
Tibetan script is an abugida writing system historically used for the Tibetan language and various Himalayan languages, characterized by its distinctive stacked consonants and association with Buddhist literature.
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B.
Tangut script
The Tangut script is a complex, logographic writing system historically used by the Tangut people of the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China.
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C.
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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D.
Manchu script
Manchu script is a vertical alphabetic writing system historically used for the Manchu language and Qing dynasty administration, derived from and closely related to the Classical Mongolian script.
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E.
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.
- 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: Phags-pa script extensions Target entity description: Phags-pa script extensions are additional Unicode characters that expand support for the historic Mongolian and Tibetan-related Phags-pa writing system used during the Yuan dynasty.
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A.
Tibetan script
Tibetan script is an abugida writing system historically used for the Tibetan language and various Himalayan languages, characterized by its distinctive stacked consonants and association with Buddhist literature.
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B.
Tangut script
The Tangut script is a complex, logographic writing system historically used by the Tangut people of the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China.
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C.
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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D.
Manchu script
Manchu script is a vertical alphabetic writing system historically used for the Manchu language and Qing dynasty administration, derived from and closely related to the Classical Mongolian script.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unicode block
ⓘ
character encoding extension ⓘ |
| appliesTo | historic Phags-pa documents ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese language
ⓘ
Mongolian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | historic script encoding ⓘ |
| covers | additional Phags-pa characters ⓘ |
| enables | digital representation of extended Phags-pa repertoire ⓘ |
| expands | Phags-pa script support in Unicode ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Unicode Standard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to encode additional historic Phags-pa characters ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Mongolian Unicode blocks
ⓘ
Phags-pa Unicode block NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan Unicode block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Phags-pa script ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Brahmic-derived scripts ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Unicode Consortium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
interoperable text exchange of Phags-pa data
ⓘ
scholarly transcription of Phags-pa texts ⓘ |
| usedBy | Mongol Empire administration ⓘ |
| usedFor |
historic Mongolian writing
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historic Tibetan-related writing ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Yuan dynasty period texts
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digital humanities research on Yuan dynasty texts ⓘ encoding of inscriptions and manuscripts in Phags-pa ⓘ linguistic analysis of historic Mongolian ⓘ |
| writingDirection | vertical ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphabetic writing system ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Phags-pa script extensions Description of subject: Phags-pa script extensions are additional Unicode characters that expand support for the historic Mongolian and Tibetan-related Phags-pa writing system used during the Yuan dynasty.
Referenced by (1)
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