Lycian script

Lycian script

Infobox Writing system
name=Lycian
languages=Lycian language
type=Alphabet
time=500-330 BC
fam1=Greek alphabet
sisters=Carian script
sample=Kerei Lycian Inscription.pngimagesize=270px
iso15924=Lyci

Lycian script was used to write the Lycian language and as such was coterminous with the latest end point of it. That the language preceded the script is indicated by the names, which must have existed before they were written. Like the Carian script, the Lycian script is a modification of the Greek alphabet, but it is not the same modification. The same Greek letters may not represent the same sounds in both languages. Moreover, the Lycian script is primarily alphabetic, but some of the symbols double as syllables. Writing is left to right with word separators.

The alphabet

The Lycian alphabet [Adiego (2007) page 764.] [Bryce (1986) pages 56-57.] contains letters for 29 sounds. Some sounds are represented by more than one symbol, which is considered one "letter." There are six vowels, "o" being missing, two nasal vowels being added, and two unknown letters. Twelve of the Lycian letters are not derived from the Greek alphabet.

Lycian in Unicode

The Lycian script is included in version 5.1 of the Unicode standard. It is encoded in Plane 1 (Supplementary Multilingual Plane), range U+10280 - U+1029F. Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points.

ee also

*Letoon trilingual
*Lycian language

Notes

References

*. Translator Chris Markham.
* cite book|first=Trevor R.|last=Bryce|authorlink=Trevor R. Bryce
title=The Lycians - Volume I: The Lycians in Literary and Epigraphic Sources|city=Copenhagen|publisher=Museum Tusculanum Press|date=1986|id=ISBN 87-7289-023-1

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