The Uyghurs too seem to have used wooden movable type although it is unknown where they got the technology. In 1908, more than a thousand pieces of Uyghur type made of wood, engraved in Sogdian script, were discovered in Dunhuang. They are believed to date to the 12th century when the Uyghurs also made use of woodblock printing.
The use of wooden movable type by the Uyghurs appears to be an unknown phenomenon. However, a significant discovery was made in 1908, where over a thousand pieces of Uyghur wood type, inscribed with Sogdian script, were unearthed in Dunhuang and estimated to have been created during the 12th century when they employed woodblock printing.