Editing Soyombo script (section)

== Creation ==
The script was designed in 1686 by [[Zanabazar]], the first spiritual leader of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] in [[Mongolia]], who also designed the [[Horizontal square script]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anshuman |first1=Pandey |title=Proposal to Encode the Soyombo Script in ISO/IEC 10646 |date=2011 |url=http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n4142.pdf}}</ref> The Soyombo script was created as the fourth Mongolian script, only 38 years after the invention of the [[Clear script]]. The name of the script alludes to this story. It is derived from the [[Sanskrit]] word ''svayambhu'' {{gloss|self-created}}.

The syllabic system in fact appears to be based on [[Devanagari]], while the base shape of the letters is derived from the [[Ranjana alphabet]]. Details of individual characters resemble traditional [[Mongolian alphabets]] and the [[Old Turkic alphabet]].