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.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
North Italic script
ⓘ
ancient alphabet ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidenceFoundAt |
Lanzeno
NERFINISHED
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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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