Lycian | |
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Script type | Alphabet
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Time period | c.500 – c.200 BC |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Languages | Lycian language |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Phoenician
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Sister systems | Carian, Lydian, Phrygian |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Lyci (202), Lycian |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Lycian |
U+10280–U+1029F | |
The Lycian alphabet was used to write the Lycian language of the Asia Minor region of Lycia. It was an extension of the Greek alphabet, with half a dozen additional letters for sounds not found in Greek. It was largely similar to the Lydian and the Phrygian alphabets.