Lydian alphabet
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The Lydian alphabet is an ancient Anatolian script used to write the Lydian language in western Asia Minor during the first millennium BCE.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
ancient script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | Sardis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedLanguageFamily | Anatolian branch of Indo-European ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Lydian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Greek alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directionVariants | boustrophedon (rare or early examples) ⓘ |
| earliestAttestation | 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| geographicContext |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDistinctiveFeature |
omission of some Greek letters
ⓘ
special signs for Lydian phonology ⓘ use of dots as word dividers ⓘ |
| hasLetterType |
consonant letters
ⓘ
vowel letters ⓘ |
| hasPunctuation | word divider dot ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock | Lydian ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Lydi ⓘ |
| latestAttestation | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| linguisticFunction | representation of Lydian phonemes ⓘ |
| numberOfLetters | 26 ⓘ |
| relatedToScript |
Carian alphabet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greek alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Lycian alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Phrygian alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Anatolian scripts
ⓘ
alphabetic scripts ⓘ |
| scriptType | segmental alphabet ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
ⓘ
first millennium BCE ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlockRange | U+10920–U+1093F ⓘ |
| usedBy | Lydians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
funerary inscriptions
ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ votive inscriptions ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Lydia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Asia Minor ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
coins
ⓘ
metal objects ⓘ rock faces ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor | Lydian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystemScope | local regional use ⓘ |
| writingSystemStatus | extinct ⓘ |
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