Venetic alphabet
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The Venetic alphabet is an ancient writing system used by the Veneti people of northeastern Italy, derived from and closely related to other Old Italic scripts.
Aliases (1)
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Italic script
→
alphabet → writing system → |
| category |
ancient script
→
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| culturalContext |
Venetic culture
→
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| derivedFrom |
Old Italic scripts
→
|
| evidenceForm |
epigraphic inscriptions
→
|
| geographicContext |
pre-Roman Italy
→
|
| hasCharacterType |
consonants
→
vowels → |
| historicalStatus |
extinct
→
|
| influencedBy |
Etruscan script
→
North Italic scripts → |
| languageWritten |
Venetic language
→
|
| region |
Adriatic coast
→
Venetia → |
| relatedTo |
Etruscan alphabet
→
Latin alphabet → Lepontic alphabet → Raetic alphabet → |
| replacedBy |
Latin alphabet
→
|
| scriptFamily |
Italic scripts
→
Old Italic → |
| scriptLineage |
derived from Etruscan-derived Old Italic scripts
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|
| scriptType |
alphabetic
→
|
| timePeriod |
1st millennium BCE
→
Iron Age → |
| unicodeStatus |
not fully encoded in Unicode
→
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| usedBy |
Veneti people
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|
| usedIn |
Northeastern Italy
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|
| usedUntil |
Romanization of Venetia
→
|
| writingDirection |
left-to-right
→
|
| writingMedium |
ceramic objects
→
inscriptions → metal → stone → |
| writingSystemType |
segmental script
→
|
Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Veneti
→
Veneti people → Venetic language → |
writingSystem |
|
Etruscan alphabet
→
|
childSystem |
|
Lepontic alphabet
→
|
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Lamon
("Venetic script")
→
|
hasScript |
|
North Italic alphabet
→
|
hasVariant |
|
Old Italic script
→
|
includes |
|
Etruscan alphabet
→
|
influenced |
|
Lamon
→
|
usedWritingSystem |
|
Raetic language
("Venetic script")
→
|
writingInfluenceFrom |