> >   Classical Mongolian _can_ be written horizontally if you have
> >   some words or a phrase embedded in Latin or Cyrillic script.
> >   Since Mongolian is like Arabic but rotated by 90 degrees, the
> >   line endings would be wrong if complete sentences were written
> >   horizontally without starting them at the right side.
>
> I'm very confused by this. If the order is left-to-right when
> written horizontally, how can left-alignment be incorrect?

Hehe.  If short snippets are used, they are rotated into the other
direction!

Have a look at the three attached images; the left/upper word in the
two small images show `munggul', which you can also find in the bigger
image in the third line as the first word from the right.


    Werner

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