Lycian B

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Lycian B is the second of the two known scripts used to write the ancient Anatolian Lycian language, distinguished from the primary Lycian (Lycian A) script.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lycian B canonical 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet
writing system
alsoKnownAs Milyan NERFINISHED
Milyan Lycian NERFINISHED
Milyan script NERFINISHED
country Lycian region
differentFrom Lycian A NERFINISHED
distinctFrom Greek alphabet NERFINISHED
Phoenician alphabet NERFINISHED
follows Lycian A NERFINISHED
hasTransliterationTo Latin alphabet NERFINISHED
hasWritingSystemType consonant-vowel alphabet
historicalRegion Achaemenid-era Lycia NERFINISHED
ISO15924 Lyci
languageBranchOfText Anatolian languages NERFINISHED
languageFamilyOfText Indo-European languages NERFINISHED
region Anatolia NERFINISHED
relatedScript Carian script NERFINISHED
Luwian hieroglyphs
Lycian A NERFINISHED
Sidetic script NERFINISHED
scriptCodeStandard ISO 15924 NERFINISHED
scriptFamily Anatolian alphabets
scriptType alphabetic
scriptUsage funerary monuments
inscriptions
stone inscriptions
status extinct
subclassOf Anatolian script
Lycian script NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
Classical period
UnicodeBlock Lycian NERFINISHED
UnicodeVersionIntroduced 5.1
usedBy Lycian people NERFINISHED
usedFor Lycian language NERFINISHED
usedIn Asia Minor NERFINISHED
Lycia NERFINISHED
southwestern Anatolia
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystemFor Lycian language NERFINISHED
writingSystemScope local
writingSystemStatus historical

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Lycian II alternativeName Lycian B