Caucasian Albanian script
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The Caucasian Albanian script is an ancient alphabet used by the Caucasian Albanians of the eastern Caucasus, known from a limited corpus of inscriptions and manuscripts rediscovered and deciphered in the late 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caucasian Albanian script canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguage | Caucasian Albanian language ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Christian Caucasian Albania ⓘ |
| decipheredInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| geographicContext | South Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfLetters | 52 ⓘ |
| hasCharacterCategory |
letters
ⓘ
punctuation ⓘ |
| hasCharacterSetSizeCategory | large alphabet ⓘ |
| hasCorpusSize | limited corpus ⓘ |
| hasCorpusType |
inscriptions
ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ |
| hasDiacritics | no productive diacritic system known ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryContext | identified in palimpsest manuscripts ⓘ |
| hasGraphemeShapeOrigin | largely unique letter forms ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | evidence for early Christian literature in the Caucasus ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticImportance | source for knowledge of the Caucasian Albanian language ⓘ |
| hasNumericSystem | no independent numeral system securely attested ⓘ |
| hasPreservationState | fragmentary ⓘ |
| hasScriptFamily | independent Caucasian script ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature | one sign per consonant or vowel phoneme ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock | Caucasian Albanian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeStandardVersion | Unicode 7.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUse | translation of Christian texts ⓘ |
| historicalReligionContext | Christianity in Caucasian Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Armenian script
ⓘ
Georgian script ⓘ Greek script ⓘ |
| rediscoveredInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| rediscoveredInDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| scriptCodeISO15924 | Aghb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlockRange | U+10530–U+1056F ⓘ |
| usedBy | Caucasian Albanians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Caucasian Albania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Caucasus ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
parchment manuscripts
ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystemScope |
liturgical
ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ |
| writingSystemStatus |
extinct
ⓘ
historical ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsage | primarily religious inscriptions ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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