Old Italic script

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Old Italic script is an ancient family of writing systems used on the Italian peninsula, from which the Latin alphabet ultimately evolved.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabetic script
ancient script
writing system family
ancestorOf Latin alphabet
derivedFrom Phoenician alphabet
hasCategory Brahmic and alphabetic scripts comparison target
hasDistinctiveFeature no standardized orthography across all Italic peoples
varied letter shapes among regional alphabets
hasGlyphRepertoireSize approximately 26 letters (varies by alphabet)
hasISO15924Code Ital
includes Etruscan alphabet
linked to: Old Italic script

Faliscan alphabet
linked to: Old Italic script

Lepontic alphabet
North Picene alphabet
Oscan alphabet
Paleo-Latin alphabet
Raetic alphabet
South Picene alphabet
Umbrian alphabet
linked to: Old Italic script

Venetic alphabet
influenced Runic alphabet
region ancient Italy
scriptType consonant-vowel alphabet
subclassOf Italic scripts
timeOfUseEnd c. 1st century BCE
timeOfUseStart c. 8th century BCE
unicodeBlock Old Italic
linked to: Old Italic script
unicodeRange U+10300–U+1032F
usedForLanguage Etruscan language
Faliscan language
Lepontic language
Oscan language
Paleo-Latin
linked to: Latin

Raetic language
Umbrian language
Venetic language
usedForLanguageFamily Italic languages
usedIn Italian Peninsula
usedInPeriod 1st millennium BCE
writingDirection right-to-left
writingDirectionVariants right-to-left and boustrophedon in some inscriptions
writingMedium ceramic inscriptions
metal inscriptions
stone inscriptions

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Latin alphabet developedFrom Old Italic script
Latin alphabet developedFrom Etruscan alphabet
linked to: Old Italic script
Old Italic script includes Etruscan alphabet
linked to: Old Italic script
Old Italic script includes Umbrian alphabet
linked to: Old Italic script
Old Italic script includes Faliscan alphabet
linked to: Old Italic script
Old Italic script unicodeBlock Old Italic
linked to: Old Italic script
Italic languages writingSystem Old Italic scripts
linked to: Old Italic script
Etruscan language writingSystem Old Italic script
Phoenician alphabet ancestorOf Old Italic scripts
linked to: Old Italic script
Venetic language writingSystem Old Italic script
Oscan language derivedFrom Old Italic script
Lepontic language writingSystem Old Italic script
South Picene alphabet scriptFamily Old Italic
linked to: Old Italic script
Runic alphabet derivedFrom Old Italic scripts
linked to: Old Italic script
Venetic alphabet derivedFrom Old Italic scripts
linked to: Old Italic script
Venetic alphabet scriptFamily Old Italic
linked to: Old Italic script
Oscan alphabet relatedTo Old Italic scripts
linked to: Old Italic script
Oscan alphabet scriptFamily Old Italic
linked to: Old Italic script
Oscan alphabet unicodeBlock Old Italic
linked to: Old Italic script
South Picene writingSystem Old Italic script
South Picene writingSystemUnicodeBlock Old Italic
linked to: Old Italic script
Osco-Umbrian languages writingSystem Old Italic script
Lepontic alphabet derivedFrom Old Italic scripts
linked to: Old Italic script
Lepontic alphabet hasCategory Old Italic scripts
linked to: Old Italic script
Gaulish writingSystem Old Italic scripts
linked to: Old Italic script
Proto-Canaanite script influenced Old Italic scripts
linked to: Old Italic script
Etruscans usedAlphabet Old Italic script
Etruscan alphabet unicodeBlock Old Italic
linked to: Old Italic script
Konkani writingSystem Roman script
linked to: Old Italic script
Sabellic languages writingSystem Old Italic script
Cippus Abellanus writingSystemFamily Old Italic scripts
linked to: Old Italic script
North Italic alphabet subclassOf Old Italic scripts
linked to: Old Italic script
South Picene language writingSystem Old Italic script
South Picene language writingSystemFamily Old Italic alphabets
linked to: Old Italic script
South Picene people scriptType Old Italic script
Umbrian alphabet scriptFamily Old Italic scripts
linked to: Old Italic script
Umbrian alphabet derivedFrom Old Italic alphabet
linked to: Old Italic script
Umbrian alphabet unicodeBlock Old Italic
linked to: Old Italic script
Hernican language writingSystem Old Italic script
Paelignian language writingSystem Old Italic script
Sabellian writingSystem Old Italic script
Stele of Novilara writingSystem Old Italic script
Volsci writingSystem Old Italic script
Veneti writingSystem Old Italic script
Falisci writingSystem Old Italic script
Umbrians writingSystem Old Italic script
North Picene language writingSystem Old Italic script
North Picene language scriptFamily Old Italic scripts
linked to: Old Italic script
Supplementary Multilingual Plane contains Old Italic block
linked to: Old Italic script
Faliscan writingSystem Old Italic script