Ogham script

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alphabet historic script writing system

Ogham script is an early medieval alphabet primarily used to write the early Irish language, consisting of linear strokes carved along the edges of stones and wood.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ogham 3
Ogam 1
Ogham (U+1680–U+169F) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet ⓘ
historic script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedCulture Celtic culture ⓘ
early Irish culture ⓘ
currentUse cultural and decorative purposes ⓘ
scholarly study ⓘ
dateOfOrigin 4th century ⓘ
5th century ⓘ
definingFeature linear strokes along edge of a stemline ⓘ
notches and lines cut across or beside an edge ⓘ
hasComponent consonant letters ⓘ
forfeda ⓘ
vowel letters ⓘ
hasNumberOfBasicLetters 20 ⓘ
hasNumberOfForfeda 5 ⓘ
hasUnicodeName Ogham script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ogham
ISO15924Code Ogham script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ogam
ISO15924Number 212 ⓘ
languageWritten Latin (occasionally) ⓘ
Old Irish ⓘ
Primitive Irish ⓘ
letterGroups four aicmí ⓘ
mainCorpus Ogham stone inscriptions ⓘ
notableFeature letters named after trees in medieval tradition ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
insular world ⓘ
possibleInfluence Latin alphabet ⓘ
runic alphabets ⓘ
primaryMedium stone inscriptions ⓘ
scriptFamily Celtic scripts ⓘ
secondaryMedium wooden objects ⓘ
timePeriod early medieval period ⓘ
typicalContent genealogical formulas ⓘ
personal names ⓘ
territorial markers ⓘ
unicodeBlock Ogham script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ogham (U+1680–U+169F)
usedFor writing Old Irish ⓘ
writing Primitive Irish ⓘ
writing early Irish language ⓘ
usedIn Ireland ⓘ
Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ
surface form: Isle of Man

Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
western Britain ⓘ
writingDirection bottom-to-top on stones ⓘ
left-to-right in manuscript transcriptions ⓘ
writingSystemStatus historical ⓘ
writingSystemType abjad-like alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Ogham script → ISO15924Code → Ogham script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogam
Ogham script → hasUnicodeName → Ogham script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogham
Gaelic Ireland → hasWritingSystem → Ogham script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogham
Irish language → historicalScript → Ogham script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogham
Goidelic → historicalWritingSystem → Ogham script ⓘ
Ogham script → unicodeBlock → Ogham script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogham (U+1680–U+169F)
Old Irish → writingSystem → Ogham script ⓘ
Primitive Irish → writingSystem → Ogham script ⓘ