Mongolian (court)

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Mongolian (court) was the formal written and administrative language used in the courts and chancelleries of the Mongol Empire and its successor states.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Classical Mongolian 1
Middle Mongolian 1
Mongolian 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative language ⓘ
historical language variety ⓘ
written language ⓘ
associatedWith Genghis Khan ⓘ
Kublai Khan ⓘ
Ögedei Khan ⓘ
developedFrom Middle Mongol ⓘ
linked to: Mongolian
domain diplomatic treaties ⓘ
imperial governance ⓘ
military orders ⓘ
taxation records ⓘ
function lingua franca of Mongol imperial administration ⓘ
influenced later written Mongolian ⓘ
languageFamily Mongolic languages ⓘ
region Central Asia under Chagatai rule ⓘ
China under the Yuan dynasty ⓘ
Inner Asia ⓘ
linked to: Central Asia

Persia under the Ilkhanate ⓘ
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate

Rus' lands under the Golden Horde ⓘ
role vehicle for promulgating Yassa and other Mongol laws ⓘ
scriptDirection vertical ⓘ
scriptOrigin Old Uyghur script ⓘ
linked to: Old Uyghur alphabet
standardizedIn imperial chancery of the Mongol Empire ⓘ
status formal written standard of the Mongol Empire ⓘ
timePeriod 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
early 15th century ⓘ
usedAlongside Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language

Turkic languages ⓘ
usedBy Mongol bureaucracy ⓘ
Mongol imperial court ⓘ
imperial secretariat ⓘ
usedFor chancery documents ⓘ
court administration ⓘ
diplomatic correspondence ⓘ
imperial decrees ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
usedIn Chagatai Khanate ⓘ
Golden Horde ⓘ
Ilkhanate ⓘ
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate

Mongol Empire ⓘ
Mongol successor states ⓘ
Yuan dynasty ⓘ
writingSystem Classical Mongolian script ⓘ
Uyghur-Mongolian script ⓘ
linked to: Old Uyghur alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arghun → languageUsed → Mongolian (court) ⓘ
Proto-Mongolic language → hasDescendant → Classical Mongolian ⓘ
linked to: Mongolian (court)
Buryat language → closelyRelatedTo → Mongolian language ⓘ
linked to: Mongolian (court)
Chengzong → languageUsedInCourt → Mongolian ⓘ
linked to: Mongolian (court)
The Secret History of the Mongols → language → Middle Mongolian ⓘ
linked to: Mongolian (court)