Runic alphabet

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alphabet ancient script writing system

The Runic alphabet is an ancient writing system used by Germanic peoples, primarily for inscriptions in early Germanic languages across Northern Europe and Scandinavia.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Elder Futhark 4
Runic alphabet canonical 4
Younger Futhark 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet ⓘ
ancient script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
AngloSaxonFuthorcLetterCount between 26 and 33 ⓘ
associatedWith Norse mythology ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Odin ⓘ
characterSetName Runic alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Futhark
continuedLimitedUseUntil early modern period ⓘ
culturalContext Germanic paganism ⓘ
derivedFrom Old Italic script ⓘ
surface form: Old Italic scripts
earliestEvidence 2nd century CE ⓘ
ElderFutharkLetterCount 24 ⓘ
laterReplacedBy Latin alphabet ⓘ
mainVariant Old English ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Saxon Futhorc

Runic alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dalecarlian runes

Runic alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Elder Futhark

Medieval runes ⓘ
Runic alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Younger Futhark
materialTypicallyInscribedOn bone ⓘ
metal ⓘ
stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
nameOrigin named from its first six letters: F, U, Þ, A, R, K ⓘ
notableCorpus runestones ⓘ
notableRegionOfUse Viking Age ⓘ
surface form: Viking Age Scandinavia
possiblyDerivedFrom Latin alphabet ⓘ
scriptType consonantary ⓘ
segmental alphabet ⓘ
timePeriod 2nd century CE to Middle Ages ⓘ
UnicodeBlock Runic alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Runic
UnicodeRange 16A0–16FF ⓘ
usedBy Germanic peoples ⓘ
usedFor amulets ⓘ
coins ⓘ
everyday objects ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
magical or ritual texts ⓘ
memorial stones ⓘ
short legal or practical messages ⓘ
weapons ⓘ
usedForLanguage Gothic (sporadically) ⓘ
Old English ⓘ
Old High German ⓘ
Old Norse ⓘ
Proto-Norse ⓘ
usedForLanguageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
usedInRegion Northern Europe ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
YoungerFutharkLetterCount 16 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Old Italic script → influenced → Runic alphabet ⓘ
Runic alphabet → mainVariant → Runic alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elder Futhark
Runic alphabet → mainVariant → Runic alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Younger Futhark
Runic alphabet → mainVariant → Runic alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dalecarlian runes
Runic alphabet → characterSetName → Runic alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Futhark
Runic alphabet → UnicodeBlock → Runic alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Runic
Old East Norse → hasWritingSystem → Runic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Younger Futhark runic alphabet
Lombardic → writingSystem → Runic alphabet ⓘ
North Germanic languages → historicalWritingSystem → Runic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Younger Futhark
Greek alphabet → influenced → Runic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gothic alphabet
Northumbrian → writingSystem → Runic alphabet ⓘ
Proto-Canaanite script → influenced → Runic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: runic alphabet
North Italic alphabet → influenced → Runic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Runic alphabet (hypothesized)
Proto-Norse → writingSystem → Runic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elder Futhark
Tyr → runeScript → Runic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elder Futhark
SS runes → basedOn → Runic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armanen runes
Gothic alphabet → influencedBy → Runic alphabet ⓘ
Norse culture → hasWritingSystem → Runic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Younger Futhark
the Tiwaz rune → usedIn → Runic alphabet ⓘ
subject surface form: Tiwaz rune
this entity surface form: Elder Futhark runic alphabet
the Tiwaz rune → usedIn → Runic alphabet ⓘ
subject surface form: Tiwaz rune
this entity surface form: Younger Futhark (as a related t-rune)
the Tiwaz rune → writingSystem → Runic alphabet ⓘ
subject surface form: Tiwaz rune
this entity surface form: Elder Futhark