Old Italic script

E1287

alphabetic script ancient script writing system family

Old Italic script is an ancient family of writing systems used on the Italian peninsula, from which the Latin alphabet ultimately evolved.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old Italic scripts	13
Old Italic	8
Etruscan alphabet	2
Faliscan alphabet	1
Old Italic alphabet	1
Old Italic alphabets	1
Roman script	1
Umbrian alphabet	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alphabetic script ⓘ ancient script ⓘ writing system family ⓘ
ancestorOf	Latin alphabet ⓘ
derivedFrom	Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
hasCategory	Brahmic and alphabetic scripts comparison target ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature	no standardized orthography across all Italic peoples ⓘ varied letter shapes among regional alphabets ⓘ
hasGlyphRepertoireSize	approximately 26 letters (varies by alphabet) ⓘ
hasISO15924Code	Ital ⓘ
includes	Old Italic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Etruscan alphabet Old Italic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Faliscan alphabet Lepontic alphabet ⓘ North Picene alphabet ⓘ Oscan alphabet ⓘ Paleo-Latin alphabet ⓘ Raetic alphabet ⓘ South Picene alphabet ⓘ Old Italic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Umbrian alphabet Venetic alphabet ⓘ
influenced	Runic alphabet ⓘ
region	ancient Italy ⓘ
scriptType	consonant-vowel alphabet ⓘ
subclassOf	Italic scripts ⓘ
timeOfUseEnd	c. 1st century BCE ⓘ
timeOfUseStart	c. 8th century BCE ⓘ
unicodeBlock	Old Italic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Italic
unicodeRange	U+10300–U+1032F ⓘ
usedForLanguage	Etruscan language ⓘ Faliscan language ⓘ Lepontic language ⓘ Oscan language ⓘ Latin ⓘ surface form: Paleo-Latin Raetic language ⓘ Umbrian language ⓘ Venetic language ⓘ
usedForLanguageFamily	Italic languages ⓘ
usedIn	Italian Peninsula ⓘ
usedInPeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ
writingDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
writingDirectionVariants	right-to-left and boustrophedon in some inscriptions ⓘ
writingMedium	ceramic inscriptions ⓘ metal inscriptions ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phoenician alphabet → ancestorOf → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic scripts

Lepontic alphabet → derivedFrom → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic scripts

Oscan language → derivedFrom → Old Italic script ⓘ

Runic alphabet → derivedFrom → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic scripts

Umbrian alphabet → derivedFrom → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic alphabet

Venetic alphabet → derivedFrom → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic scripts

Latin alphabet → developedFrom → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Etruscan alphabet

Lepontic alphabet → hasCategory → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic scripts

Old Italic script → includes → Old Italic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Etruscan alphabet

Old Italic script → includes → Old Italic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umbrian alphabet

Old Italic script → includes → Old Italic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Faliscan alphabet

Proto-Canaanite script → influenced → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic scripts

Oscan alphabet → relatedTo → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic scripts

North Picene language → scriptFamily → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic scripts

Oscan alphabet → scriptFamily → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic

South Picene alphabet → scriptFamily → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic

Umbrian alphabet → scriptFamily → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic scripts

Venetic alphabet → scriptFamily → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic

South Picene people → scriptType → Old Italic script ⓘ

North Italic alphabet → subclassOf → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic scripts

Etruscan alphabet → unicodeBlock → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic

Old Italic script → unicodeBlock → Old Italic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic

Oscan alphabet → unicodeBlock → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic

Umbrian alphabet → unicodeBlock → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic

Etruscans → usedAlphabet → Old Italic script ⓘ

Etruscan language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

Falisci → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

Gaulish → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic scripts

Hernican language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

Italic languages → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic scripts

Konkani → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman script

Lepontic language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

North Picene language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

Osco-Umbrian languages → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

Paelignian language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

Sabellian → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

Sabellic languages → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

South Picene → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

South Picene language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

Stele of Novilara → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

Umbrians → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

Veneti → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

Venetic language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

Volsci → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ

Cippus Abellanus → writingSystemFamily → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic scripts

South Picene language → writingSystemFamily → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic alphabets

South Picene → writingSystemUnicodeBlock → Old Italic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Italic