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• The Phrygian alpbahet, recording the Phrygian language, was in use in Phrygia from ca. the 8th to the 3rd century BC, 20 letters. Phrygian was based on form of the Greek alphabet which used Ψ for Χ. A possible variant of Phrygian might be a Mysian alphabet.
• The Lydian alphabet, used to record the Lydian language from ca. the 5th to 4th centuries BC, related is the "Para-Lydian" alphabet known from a single inscription in Sardis. Lydian used the letter 8 for /f/, a remarkable convergence with the Etruscan alphabet, where 8 was added in the 6th century BC.
• The Carian alphabet, recording the Carian language, extant in about 10 varieties known from inscriptions in Caria, Egypt and Athens. Only partially understood, there may have been 35-45 letters.
• The Lycian alphabet, recording the Lycian language from the 5th to 4th centuries BC, was borrowed from a Doric variant of Greek.
• The Sidetic alphabet of 25 letters, known from coin legends in what might be a Sidetic language, is only partially deciphered.

The alphabets were early adaptations of regional variants of the Greek alphabet; the earliest Phrygian inscriptions are contemporary with early Greek inscriptions, but contain Greek innovations such as the letters Φ and Ψ which did not exist in the earliest forms of the Greek alphabet. The Phrygian language was the Indo-European language of the Phrygians, a people who probably migrated from Thrace to Asia Minor in the Bronze Age. ... Location of Phrygia - traditional region (yellow) - expanded kingdom (orange line) In antiquity, Phrygia was a kingdom in the west central part of the Anatolian highlands, part of modern Turkey, from ca. ... For other uses, see Psi. ... For other uses, see Chi. ... Mysia. ... Lydian was an Indo-European language, one of the Anatolian languages, that was spoken in the state of Lydia in Anatolia, present day Turkey. ... Sardis, (also Sardes) the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, the seat of a conventus under the Roman Empire, and the metropolis of the province Lydia in later Roman and Byzantine times, was situated in the middle Hermus valley, at the foot of Mt. ... Old Italic refers to a number of related historical alphabets used on the Italian peninsula which were used for some non-Indo-European languages (Etruscan and probably North Picene), various Indo-European languages belonging to the Italic branch (Faliscan and members of the Sabellian group, including Oscan, Umbrian, and South... The Carian language was the language of the Carians. ... Location of Caria Caria (Greek Καρία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was a region of Asia Minor, situated south of Ionia, and west of Phrygia and Lycia. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... Lycian was an Indo-European language, one of the Anatolian languages, that was spoken in the Iron age region of Lycia in Anatolia, present day Turkey. ... Doric, a synonym of Dorian, may refer to any of the following: The Dorians, one of the ancient Hellenic races, Doric Greek, the dialect of the former, the Doric order and its distinctive Doric column, in ancient Greek architecture, the Dorian mode in music, also called the Doric mode, or... Note: This article contains special characters. ... Phi (upper case Φ, lower case φ or ), pronounced fee or fie (depending on context and, often, personal inclination), is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet. ... For other uses, see Psi. ...

The Anatolian alphabets fell out of use around the 4th century BC with the beginning Hellenistic period. (5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) // Events Invasion of the Celts into Ireland Battle of the Allia and subsequent Gaulish sack of Rome 383 BCE Second Buddhist Councel at Vesali. ... The term Hellenistic (established by the German historian Johann Gustav Droysen) in the history of the ancient world is used to refer to the shift from a culture dominated by ethnic Greeks, however scattered geographically, to a culture dominated by Greek-speakers of whatever ethnicity, and from the political dominance...

See also

• History of the alphabet
• Greek alphabet
• Old Italic alphabets

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External links

• http://indoeuro.bizland.com/project/script/asiam.html