Etruscan alphabet

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alphabet ancient script writing system

The Etruscan alphabet is an ancient writing system derived from a Greek script, used by the Etruscan civilization in central Italy and serving as a key precursor to the Latin alphabet.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Etruscan script 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet ⓘ
ancient script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedCulture Etruscans ⓘ
surface form: Etruscan civilization
childSystem Faliscan alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
Oscan alphabet ⓘ
Umbrian alphabet ⓘ
Venetic alphabet ⓘ
derivedFrom Euboean Greek alphabet ⓘ
Greek alphabet ⓘ
hasCharacterType consonants ⓘ
vowels ⓘ
hasFeature adapted Greek letters to Etruscan phonology ⓘ
no separate letters for voiced stops ⓘ
hasVariant northern Etruscan variant ⓘ
southern Etruscan variant ⓘ
influenced Faliscan alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
Oscan alphabet ⓘ
Umbrian alphabet ⓘ
Venetic alphabet ⓘ
languageWritten Etruscan language ⓘ
laterNumberOfLetters 20 ⓘ
notableInscription Cippus Perusinus ⓘ
Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis ⓘ
Marsiliana tablet ⓘ
Pyrgi Tablets ⓘ
surface form: Pyrgi tablets
numberOfLetters 26 ⓘ
parentSystem Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
region Italy ⓘ
scriptCategory Mediterranean alphabet ⓘ
scriptFamily Old Italic scripts ⓘ
scriptType alphabetic ⓘ
consonantary ⓘ
standardizedBy Etruscan city-states ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century BC ⓘ
8th century BC ⓘ
unicodeBlock Old Italic script ⓘ
surface form: Old Italic
usedBy Etruscans ⓘ
usedIn Etruria ⓘ
central Italy ⓘ
writingDirection boustrophedon ⓘ
right-to-left ⓘ
writingMedium ceramic objects ⓘ
metal objects ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystemType segmental writing system ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Phoenician alphabet → ancestorOf → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Lepontic alphabet → closelyRelatedTo → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
North Italic alphabet → derivedFrom → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Old Latin → derivedFrom → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Oscan alphabet → derivedFrom → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Paleo-Latin alphabet → derivedFrom → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
South Picene alphabet → derivedFrom → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Umbrian alphabet → derivedFrom → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
North Italic alphabet → developedFrom → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etruscan script
North Picene alphabet → distinctFrom → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Lepontic alphabet → influencedBy → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Venetic alphabet → influencedBy → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etruscan script
North Italic alphabet → relatedTo → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
North Picene alphabet → relatedTo → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Venetic alphabet → relatedTo → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
South Picene alphabet → relatedToScript → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis → script → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Venetic language → scriptDerivedFrom → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Oscan alphabet → sharesSignsWith → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Etruscans → usedAlphabet → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
South Picene → usesAlphabetDerivedFrom → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Raetic language → writingInfluenceFrom → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etruscan script
Cippus Perusinus → writingSystem → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Etruscan language → writingSystem → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Falisci → writingSystem → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Pyrgi Tablets → writingSystem → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Etruscan art → writingSystemUsedOnObjects → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ