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1. Turkic Alphabets

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   Following the decline of the Second Turkic Khaganate and the subsequent conversion of many Turkic groups to Buddhism and later Manichaeism, the Old Turkic script was largely superseded by a cursive script adapted from the Uyghur language tradition.
   The Uyghur alphabet is a true alphabet, derived from the Sogdian script, which itself descends from Aramaic. It is written vertically, generally top-to-bottom, with lines running from right to left. This vertical orientation is often cited as an ancient cultural affectatio…