Raetic alphabet

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The Raetic alphabet is an ancient North Italic script used by the Raetic people of the eastern Alpine region during the first millennium BCE, related to and influenced by Etruscan writing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf North Italic script
ancient alphabet
archaeologicalEvidenceFoundAt Lanzeno NERFINISHED
Magrè NERFINISHED
Sanzeno NERFINISHED
Val Camonica NERFINISHED
culturalContext Raetic culture
derivedFrom Etruscan alphabet NERFINISHED
evidenceType short inscriptions
geographicContext Alpine region
hasApproximateNumberOfLetters 20
hasDistinctiveFeature local variants in different Raetic valleys
no surviving long texts
phonetic values partly reconstructed
shares many letter shapes with Etruscan
used for personal names and dedicatory texts
hasISO15924Code Ital NERFINISHED
hasScriptType consonantary
segmental writing system
hasTransliterationStandard scholarly Latin-based transliteration
hasUnicodeBlock Old Italic NERFINISHED
influencedBy Etruscan writing NERFINISHED
other North Italic scripts
relatedTo Etruscan alphabet NERFINISHED
Lepontic alphabet NERFINISHED
Venetic alphabet NERFINISHED
scriptFamily North Italic scripts NERFINISHED
Old Italic scripts NERFINISHED
timeOfDisuse around 1st century BCE
usedBy Raetic people NERFINISHED
usedForLanguage Raetic language NERFINISHED
usedInRegion Graubünden NERFINISHED
South Tyrol NERFINISHED
Trentino NERFINISHED
Tyrol NERFINISHED
eastern Alpine region
northern Italy
usedInTimePeriod 1st millennium BCE
3rd century BCE
4th century BCE
5th century BCE
6th century BCE
writingDirection boustrophedon
right-to-left
writingMedium ceramic objects
metal objects
stone inscriptions
writingSystemStatus extinct
writingSystemType alphabet

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Raetic people writingSystem Raetic alphabet