Old Permic script

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Old Permic script is a medieval alphabet created in the 14th century by the missionary Stepan Khrap for writing the Komi language, and is one of the earliest native writing systems of the Uralic peoples.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Old Permic 2
Old Permic script canonical 2
Old Permic alphabet 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet
historical script
writing system
associatedWith Christianization of the Komi
belongsTo Uralic cultural heritage
creationDate 14th century
creator Saint Stephen of Perm
Stepan Khrap NERFINISHED
culturalSignificanceFor Komi
surface form: Komi people
developedInContextOf Russian Orthodox missions
surface form: Orthodox Christian missions

missionary activity
direction left-to-right
earliestUse 14th century
hasAlternativeName Abur
Old Permic script
surface form: Old Permic alphabet
hasApproximateNumberOfLetters around 24
hasDistinctiveFeature letters often based on local Komi signs
unique letter shapes not derived directly from Greek or Cyrillic
hasLettersFor consonants
vowels
hasUnicodeBlock Old Permic script self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old Permic
influencedBy Cyrillic script
Greek script
indigenous Komi marks
ISO15924Code Perm
namedAfter Perm
oneOfTheEarliestWritingSystemsOf Uralic peoples
region Komi ASSR
surface form: Komi region

Perm region
replacedBy Cyrillic script
scriptCategory European medieval script
scriptFamily Uralic scripts
scriptType alphabetic
status historical
no longer in everyday use
timePeriod Middle Ages
UnicodeBlockRange U+10350–U+1037F
usedBy Komi
surface form: Komi people
usedFor liturgical texts
religious texts
translation of Christian texts
usedIn medieval Komi region
usedInReligion Russian Orthodox Church
writingSystemFor Komi language
Old Komi language
Uralic language
liturgical Komi

Referenced by (5)

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

Permic languages historicalWritingSystem Old Permic script
Unicode 7.0 addsBlock Old Permic script
this entity surface form: Old Permic
Vogul language historicalWritingSystem Old Permic script
Old Permic script hasUnicodeBlock Old Permic script self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Old Permic
Old Permic script hasAlternativeName Old Permic script
this entity surface form: Old Permic alphabet