Lycian alphabet

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The Lycian alphabet is an ancient Anatolian script used primarily in southwestern Turkey to write the now-extinct Lycian and closely related Milyan languages.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Lycian alphabet canonical 11
Lycian script 6
Anatolian scripts 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet ⓘ
ancient script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedCulture Lycian civilization ⓘ
linked to: Lycia
associatedWith Lycian League ⓘ
belongsTo Anatolian branch of Indo-European writing traditions ⓘ
closelyRelatedLanguage Milyan language ⓘ
closelyRelatedScript Milyan script ⓘ
currentUse epigraphic research ⓘ
scholarly study ⓘ
decipheredUsing Greek inscriptions ⓘ
bilingual inscriptions ⓘ
deciphermentStatus deciphered ⓘ
derivedFrom Greek alphabet ⓘ
geographicCoreArea Teke Peninsula ⓘ
Xanthos Valley ⓘ
hasDistinctLettersFor nasalized vowels ⓘ
sounds not present in Greek ⓘ
hasLetterFormsSimilarTo Greek alphabet ⓘ
hasUniqueCharacters yes ⓘ
historicalContext Achaemenid period in Anatolia ⓘ
iso15924Code Lyci ⓘ
languageFamilyWritten Anatolian languages ⓘ
numberOfLetters 29 ⓘ
primaryFunction recording Lycian language ⓘ
represents consonants ⓘ
vowels ⓘ
scriptFamily Anatolian scripts ⓘ
scriptType alphabetic ⓘ
secondaryFunction recording Milyan language ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse 4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
Classical period ⓘ
unicodeBlock Lycian ⓘ
unicodeRange U+10280–U+1029F ⓘ
usedFor funerary texts ⓘ
public inscriptions ⓘ
royal or official inscriptions ⓘ
usedInPresentDayCountry Turkey ⓘ
usedInRegion Lycia ⓘ
southwestern Anatolia ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingMedium coins ⓘ
funerary inscriptions ⓘ
rock monuments ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystemFor Lycian language ⓘ
linked to: Lycian

Milyan language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

Milyan → writingSystem → Lycian alphabet ⓘ
Lycian → writingSystem → Lycian alphabet ⓘ
Lycia → knownFor → Lycian script ⓘ
linked to: Lycian alphabet
Lycia → hasWritingSystem → Lycian script ⓘ
linked to: Lycian alphabet
Sidetic script → scriptFamily → Anatolian scripts ⓘ
linked to: Lycian alphabet
Lycian II → writingSystem → Lycian alphabet ⓘ
Lycian League → usedScript → Lycian alphabet ⓘ
Lydian alphabet → relatedToScript → Lycian alphabet ⓘ
Lycian B → subclassOf → Lycian script ⓘ
linked to: Lycian alphabet
Milyan language → writingSystem → Lycian script ⓘ
linked to: Lycian alphabet
Milyan script → subclassOf → Lycian scripts ⓘ
linked to: Lycian alphabet
Milyan script → derivedFrom → Lycian alphabet ⓘ
Milyan script → closelyRelatedTo → Lycian alphabet ⓘ
Milyan script → relatedScript → Lycian script ⓘ
linked to: Lycian alphabet
Milyan script → alternativeName → Lycian B script ⓘ
linked to: Lycian alphabet
Milyan script → distinctFrom → Lycian A script ⓘ
linked to: Lycian alphabet
Milyan script → sharesGlyphsWith → Lycian alphabet ⓘ
Xanthos Valley → associatedWith → Lycian script ⓘ
linked to: Lycian alphabet
Lycian I → writingSystem → Lycian alphabet ⓘ
Phrygian alphabet → distinctFrom → Lycian alphabet ⓘ
Lycians → usedScript → Lycian alphabet ⓘ