In recent years, after nearly half a century of use of the Cyrillic script, the linguistic policy in Mongolia has been aiming at reintroducing the Mongolian script. The results of this policy in the contemporary Mon- golian society can be compared with former, and more ancient, attempts of script shift, which have been characteristic of the tumultuous history of scripts in Mongolia. One of the first steps of a script shift, or of a script reform, is the appearance of the new script, or new form of script, in a visible and publicized way.