Lycian alphabet
Alphabet used to write the Lycian language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Lycian (disambiguation).
The Lycian alphabet was used to write the Lycian language of the Asia Minor region of Lycia. It was an extension of the Greek alphabet, with half a dozen additional letters for sounds not found in Greek. It was largely similar to the Lydian and the Phrygian alphabets.
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Lycian | |
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Script type | Alphabet
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Time period | 500-330 BC |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Languages | Lycian language |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Phoenician
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Sister systems | Carian, Lydian, Phrygian |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Lyci (202), Lycian |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Lycian |
U+10280–U+1029F | |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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