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A Specimen of typeset fonts and languages, by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ...
The Gothic language (*gutiska razda, *ðŒ²ðŒ¿ð„ðŒ¹ðƒðŒºðŒ° ð‚ðŒ°ðŒ¶ðŒ³ðŒ°, * ) is an extinct Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths and specifically by the Visigoths. ...
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The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ...
Younger Futhark inscription on the Vaksala Runestone The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes, formerly used to write Germanic languages, mainly in Scandinavia and the British Isles, but before Christianization also on the European Continent. ...
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ...
Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone = sound/voice) is the study of sounds (voice). ...
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This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
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The Middle Bronze Age alphabets are two similar but undeciphered scripts, dated to be from the Middle Bronze Age (2000-1500 BCE), and believed to be ancestral to nearly all modern alphabets: the Proto-Sinaitic script discovered in the winter of 1904-1905 by William Flinders Petrie, and dated to...
| | Meroitic 3rd c. BC | | Complete genealogy | The Gothic alphabet is an alphabetic writing system attributed by Philostorgius to Wulfila, used exclusively for writing the ancient Gothic language. Before its creation in the fourth century, Gothic was possibly written in runes. It was primarily used by Wulfila to translate the Bible into Gothic. It appears to be derived from the Greek alphabet with some borrowings from the Latin one. The names clearly derive from the names of the Runic alphabet. Drawing of the 16 and 12 characters Wadi el-Hol inscriptions The Proto-Canaanite (also Proto-Sinaitic) alphabet is identified as the prototype of the Semitic alphabets that, mostly via the successful Phoenician alphabet became the ancestor of most scripts in use today. ...
The Phoenician alphabet dates from around 1400 BC and is related to the Proto-Canaanite alphabet. ...
The Aramaic alphabet is an abjad alphabet designed for writing the Aramaic language. ...
BrÄhmÄ« refers to the pre-modern members of the Brahmic family of scripts. ...
The Brahmic family is a family of abugidas (writing systems) used in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Tibet, Mongolia, Manchuria, and to an extent, Korea. ...
Om Mani Padme Hum, the primary mantra of Tibetan Buddhism written in the Tibetan script, on a rock outside the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. ...
This article or section uses Khmer characters which may be rendered as boxes or other nonsensical symbols. ...
Javanese script is the script that Javanese is originally written in (not to be confused with Javascript, which is a programming language). ...
This article is mainly about Hebrew letters. ...
11th century book in Syriac Serto. ...
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
The Avestan alphabet was created in the 3rd century AD for writing the hymns of Zarathustra (a. ...
Note: This article contains special characters. ...
The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ...
Younger Futhark inscription on the Vaksala Runestone The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes, formerly used to write Germanic languages, mainly in Scandinavia and the British Isles, but before Christianization also on the European Continent. ...
Tablet inscribed with the Glagolitic alphabet The Glagolitic alphabet or Glagolitsa is the oldest known Slavonic alphabet. ...
The Cyrillic alphabet (pronounced , also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languages; (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ...
The Samaritan alphabet is a direct descendant of the paleo-Hebrew variety of the Phoenician alphabet, the more commonly known Hebrew alphabet having been adapted from the Aramaic alphabet under the Persian Empire. ...
photograph of Botorrita 1 (both sides), 1st century BC. The Iberian scripts (or Iberian alphabet) are two scripts (or two styles of the same script) found on the Iberian peninsula, the Northeast and South Iberian script. ...
The ancient South Arabian alphabet (also known as musnad) branched from the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet in ca. ...
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The Meroitic script is an alphabet of Egyptian (Hieroglyphic) origin used in Kingdom of Meroë. Some scholars, e. ...
Nearly all the segmental scripts (alphabets, but see below for more precise terminology) used around the globe were apparently derived from the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet. ...
Philostorgius (364?-?) was a scholar who subscribed to Arianism, a heresy that questioned the Trinitarian account of the relationship between God the Father and Christ. ...
Representation of Ulfilas surrounded by the Gothic alphabet Ulfilas or Wulfila (perhaps meaning little wolf) (c. ...
The Gothic language (*gutiska razda, *ðŒ²ðŒ¿ð„ðŒ¹ðƒðŒºðŒ° ð‚ðŒ°ðŒ¶ðŒ³ðŒ°, * ) is an extinct Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths and specifically by the Visigoths. ...
(3rd century - 4th century - 5th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ...
Very few Elder Futhark inscriptions in the Gothic language have been found in the territory historically settled by the Goths (Wielbark culture, Chernyakhov culture). ...
For other uses, see Bible (disambiguation). ...
Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...
The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ...
Younger Futhark inscription on the Vaksala Runestone The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes, formerly used to write Germanic languages, mainly in Scandinavia and the British Isles, but before Christianization also on the European Continent. ...
The letters
 Representation of the Gothic alphabet surrounding its inventor Ulfilas. Below is a table of the Gothic alphabet. Two letters used in its transliteration are not used in current English: þ (þiuþ, thorn) and ƕ (hwair, a h+v ligature ). These represent sounds like the th in thin and a breathy wh respectively. The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ...
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Representation of Ulfilas surrounded by the Gothic alphabet Ulfilas or Wulfila (perhaps meaning little wolf) (c. ...
Transliteration is a mapping from one system of writing into another. ...
Þþ The letter Þ (miniscule: þ), which is also known as thorn or þorn is a letter in the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic alphabets. ...
Þþ Thorn, or þorn (Þ, þ), is a letter in the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic alphabets. ...
Some words with Hwair, in Joseph Wrights Grammar of the Gothic Language. ...
In writing and typography, a ligature occurs where two or more letterforms are written or printed as a unit. ...
As with the Greek alphabet, letters were also used as numerals. When used as numerals, letters were generally written with an overdot or overbar. There are two numerals (representing 90 and 900) with no phonetic value.
The letter names are recorded in a 9th century manuscript of Alcuin (Codex Vindobonensis 795). Most of them seem to be Gothic forms of names also appearing in the rune poems. The names are given in the reconstructed form of the Gothic words, followed by the spelling of their actual attestation. As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ...
Rabanus Maurus (left), supported by Alcuin (middle), presents his work to Otgar of Mainz Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus or Ealhwine (c. ...
The Codex Vindobonensis 795 (Vienna Codex) is a 9th century manuscript. ...
The rune poems list the letters of a runic alphabet with a short verse characterizing each one. ...
| Letter | Translit. | c.f. | Name | IPA | Numeric value | XML Entity | 𐌰
 | a | Α | ahsa / aza | /a, aː/ | 1 | 𐌰 | 𐌱
 | b | Β | bairkan / bercna | /b/ | 2 | 𐌱 | 𐌲
 | g | Γ | giba / geuua | /ɡ/ | 3 | 𐌲 | 𐌳
 | d | Δ | dags / daaz | /d, ð/ | 4 | 𐌳 | 𐌴
 | e | Ε | aiƕus / eyz | /e, eː/ | 5 | 𐌴 | 𐌵
 | q | Π | qairþra (qairthra) / qertra | /kʷ/ | 6 | 𐌵 | 𐌶
 | z | Ζ | ezec | /z/ | 7 | 𐌶 | 𐌷
 | h | H | hagl / haal | /h/ | 8 | 𐌷 | 𐌸
 | þ, th | Θ | þiuþ (thiuth) / thyth | /θ/ | 9 | 𐌸 | 𐌹
 | i | Ι | eis / iiz | /i, iː/ | 10 | 𐌹 | 𐌺
 | k | Κ | kusma / chozma | /k/ | 20 | 𐌺 | 𐌻
 | l | Λ | lagus / laaz | /l/ | 30 | 𐌻 | 𐌼
 | m | Μ | manna | /m/ | 40 | 𐌼 | 𐌽
 | n | Ν | nauþs (nauths) / noicz | /n/ | 50 | 𐌽 | 𐌾
 | j | ᛃ | jer / gaar | /j/ | 60 | 𐌾 | 𐌿
 | u | ᚢ | urus / uraz | /u, uː/ | 70 | 𐌿 | 𐍀
 | p | Π | pairþra (pairthra) / pertra | /p/ | 80 | 𐍀 | 𐍁
 | | Ϟ | | | 90 | 𐍁 | 𐍂
 | r | R | raida / reda | /r/ | 100 | 𐍂 | 𐍃
 | s | S | sauil / sugil | /s/ | 200 | 𐍃 | 𐍄
 | t | Τ | teiws / tyz | /t/ | 300 | 𐍄 | 𐍅
 | w | Υ | winja / uuinne | /w, y/ | 400 | 𐍅 | 𐍆
 | f | F | faihu / fe | /f/ | 500 | 𐍆 | 𐍇
 | x | X | iggws / enguz | /kʰ/ | 600 | 𐍇 | 𐍈
 | ƕ, hw | | ƕair / uuaer | /ʍ/ | 700 | 𐍈 | 𐍉
 | o | Ω | oþal (othal) / utal | /o, oː/ | 800 | 𐍉 | 𐍊
 | | Ϡ | | | 900 | 𐍊 | Most of the letters are taken over from the Greek alphabet directly, but a few letters are innovated to accurately express Gothic phonology; these are
 j,
 u (expressed in Greek as a digraph ου),
 ƕ, and
 q (interestingly not derived from Greek koppa, which figures merely as the numeral 90
 , but a variant of
 p).
 þ similarly to Cyrillic Ф seems derived from Greek Φ rather than Θ.
 r and
 s appear derived from the Latin rather than the Greek alphabet. Likewise, the shape of
 f is derived from Latin F rather than Greek digamma, since it takes the place of Φ, not digamma, in alphabetical order.
 x is only used in proper names and loanwords containing Greek X (xristus "Christ", galiugaxristus "ψευδόχριστος", zaxarias "Zacharias", aivxaristia "eucharist"). The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ...
A numeric character reference (NCR) is a common markup construct used in SGML and other SGML-based markup languages such as HTML and XML. It consists of a short sequence of characters that, in turn, represent a single character from the Universal Character Set (UCS) or Unicode. ...
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Alpha (uppercase Α, lowercase α) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
The a-rune , Younger Futhark was probably named after the Æsir, in Proto-Germanic *Ansuz. ...
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Beta (upper case Β, lower case β) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
Berkanan Berkanan is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the b-rune á›’, meaning birch. In the Younger Futhark it is called bjarken in Icelandic and bjarkan in Norse. ...
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Gamma (upper case Γ, lower case γ) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
Gyfu Gyfu is the name for the g-rune ᚷ in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, meaning gift or generosity: ᚷ Gyfu gumena byþ gleng and herenys, wraþu and wyrþscype and wræcna gehwam Generosity brings credit and honour, which support ones dignity; it furnishes help and subsistence to...
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Delta (upper case Δ, lower case δ) is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
The d-rune (Unicode U+16DE ) is called Daeg day in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem. ...
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Epsilon (upper case Ε, lower case ε) is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
Ehwaz Ehwaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the Elder Futhark e-rune á›–, meaning horse (cognate to Latin equus, Sanskrit ashva and Old Irish ech). ...
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Lower-case pi The mathematical constant Ï€ is a real number which may be defined as the ratio of a circles circumference (Greek πεÏιφÎÏεια, periphery) to its diameter in Euclidean geometry, and which is in common use in mathematics, physics, and engineering. ...
ᛈ is the rune denoting the sound p in the Old Futhark runic alphabet, in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem named peorð. It does not appear in the Younger Futhark. ...
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Zeta (upper case Ζ, lower case ζ) is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
Algiz rune Algiz or sometimes Elhaz is a reconstructed Proto-Germanic name for the ᛉ rune, representing Proto-Germanic final z. ...
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H is also a multi a-side single by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. ...
Haglaz Haglaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the h-rune ᚺ, meaning hail (the precipitation). ...
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Note: A theta probe is a device for measuring soil moisture. ...
For other uses, see Thurisaz (disambiguation). ...
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For programming language, see Iota and Jot Iota (upper case Ι, lower case ι) is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
The acronym EIS may represent: Educational Institute of Scotland Embryo-carrying Interstellar Starship Enhanced Imaging System Enterprise Information System Enterprise Investment Scheme Entry into service Environmental impact statement Epigenetic inheritance system Executive information system German word for ice This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation...
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For other uses, see Kappa. ...
Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
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Lambda (upper case Λ, lower case λ) is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
Laukaz or is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the l-rune ᛚ, meaning water or lake. In the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, it is called lagu ocean. In the Younger Futhark it is called lögr waterfall in Icelandic and logr water in Norse. ...
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Mu (upper case Μ, lower case μ) is the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
Mannaz or Manwaz is the Proto-Germanic term for man, in the gender-neutral sense of person, human being. The word developed into Old English man, mann human being, person, (c. ...
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For other uses, see Nu. ...
Naudiz Naudiz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the n-rune áš¾, meaning need, distress. In the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, it is continued as áš¾ nyd, in the Younger Futhark as áš¾, Icelandic naud, Norse naudhr. ...
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JÄra or JÄ“ra harvest, (good) year is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the j-rune ᛃ. In the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, it is continued as ᛄ GÄ“r and ᛡ Ior. ...
Jera JÄra or JÄ“ra harvest, (good) year is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the j-rune ᛃ. In the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, it is continued as ᛄ GÄ“r and ᛡ Ior, the latter being a bind rune of Gyfu and Is (compare also á› Ear). ...
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The rune ᚢ representing the sound u is called Ur in all three rune poems, however with different meanings: Norwegian ᚢ er af illu jarne; Dross comes from bad iron; the reindeer often races over the frozen snow. ...
The rune ᚢ representing the sound u is called Ur in all three rune poems, however with different meanings: Norwegian ᚢ er af illu jarne; Dross comes from bad iron; the reindeer often races over the frozen snow. ...
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Lower-case pi The mathematical constant Ï€ is a real number which may be defined as the ratio of a circles circumference (Greek πεÏιφÎÏεια, periphery) to its diameter in Euclidean geometry, and which is in common use in mathematics, physics, and engineering. ...
ᛈ is the rune denoting the sound p in the Old Futhark runic alphabet, in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem named peorð. It does not appear in the Younger Futhark. ...
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Qoppa is an obsolete letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 90. ...
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The letter R is the eighteenth letter in the Latin alphabet. ...
Raidho Raidô ride, journey is the suggested Proto-Germanic name of the r-rune of the Elder Futhark ᚱ. The name is attested for the same rune in all three rune poems, Norwegian Ræið Icelandic Reið, Anglo-Saxon Rad, as well as for the corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet...
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S is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet. ...
The Trundholm Sun Chariot pulled by a horse is believed to be a sculpture illustrating an important part of Nordic Bronze Age mythology. ...
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Tau (upper case Τ, lower case τ) is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
Tyr rune The t-rune á› is named after Tyr, and was identified with this god. ...
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Upsilon (upper case , lower case ) is the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
Capital wynn (left), lowercase wynn (right) Wynn () (also spelled Wen) is a letter of the old English alphabet. ...
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The letter F is the sixth letter in the Latin alphabet. ...
Fehu The Fe rune represents the f-sound. ...
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The letter X is the twenty-fourth letter in the Latin alphabet. ...
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Some words with Hwair, in Joseph Wrights Grammar of the Gothic Language. ...
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Omega (Ω ω) is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
The Odal rune. ...
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Sampi (Upper case , lower case ) is an obsolete letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 900. ...
Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...
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The letter koppa in the Early Cyrillic alphabet Koppa (?, ?) is an archaic letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, originally derived from the Greek letter Qoppa. ...
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Ef (Ф, ф) is the twenty-first letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. ...
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. ...
Note: A theta probe is a device for measuring soil moisture. ...
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Digamma (upper case , lower case ) is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet, used primarily as a Greek numeral. ...
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The letter X is the twenty-fourth letter in the Latin alphabet. ...
This page is about the title or the Divine Person. For the Christian figure, see Jesus. ...
Pseudo-Christ (ψευδόχÏιστος, false Christ) in Christian eschatology, refers a deceiver pretending to embody the Second Coming, based on Mark 13:22 For false Christs (KJV) See also: Antichrist, Dajjal. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Zakariya. ...
The Eucharist or Communion or The Lords Supper, is the rite that Christians perform in fulfillment of Jesus instruction, recorded in the New Testament,[1] to do in memory of him what he did at his Last Supper. ...
Regarding the letters' numeric values, most correspond to that of the Greek numerals.
q takes the place of digamma (6);
j takes the place of ξ (60),
u that of ο (70)
ƕ that of ψ (700). Greek numerals are a system of representing numbers using letters of the Greek alphabet. ...
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Digamma (upper case , lower case ) is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet, used primarily as a Greek numeral. ...
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Xi (upper case Ξ, lower case ξ) is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
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Omicron (upper case Ο, lower case ο, literally small o) is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. ...
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For other uses, see Psi. ...
Diacritics and punctuation Diacritics and punctuation used in the Codex Argenteus include a trema placed on
 i, transliterated as ï, in general applied to express diaeresis, the Interpunct (·) and colon (:) as well as overlines to indicate sigla (such as xaus for xristaus). first page of the Codex Argenteus The Codex Argenteus (or Silver Bible) is a 6th century manuscript, originally containing bishop Ulfilass 4th century translation of the bible into the Gothic language. ...
Ä ä Ö ö Ü ü The umlaut mark (or simply umlaut) and the trema or diaeresis mark (or simply diaeresis) are two diacritics consisting of a pair of dots placed over a letter. ...
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In linguistics, a, diaeresis, or dieresis (AE) (from Greek (diaerein), to divide) is the modification of a syllable by distinctly pronouncing one of its vowels. ...
An interpunct is a small dot used for interword separation in ancient Latin script, being perhaps the first consistent visual representation of word boundaries in written language. ...
Colon has several meanings: colon (anatomy) colon (punctuation) colon (rhetoric) See also Colón This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Overline is a neologism coined in analogy to underline, referring to the typographical feature of a line drawn immediately above the text, for example used to indicate mediaval sigla. ...
Scribal abbreviations (sigla) were abbreviations used by ancient and medieval scribes writing in Latin. ...
Character encoding The Gothic alphabet is encoded in Unicode in the range U+10330–U+1034F. As older software often assumes that all Unicode codepoints can be expressed as 16 bit numbers (smaller than U+10000), problems may be encountered using the Gothic alphabet Unicode range. Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...
BIT is an acronym for: Bangalore Institute of Technology Bilateral Investment Treaty Bhilai Institute of Technology - Durg Birla Institute of Technology - Mesra Battles in Time (Doctor Who magazine) Category: ...
See also The Gothic language (*gutiska razda, *ðŒ²ðŒ¿ð„ðŒ¹ðƒðŒºðŒ° ð‚ðŒ°ðŒ¶ðŒ³ðŒ°, * ) is an extinct Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths and specifically by the Visigoths. ...
Younger Futhark inscription on the Vaksala Runestone The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes, formerly used to write Germanic languages, mainly in Scandinavia and the British Isles, but before Christianization also on the European Continent. ...
The rune poems list the letters of a runic alphabet with a short verse characterizing each one. ...
External links - Fonts
- David McCreedy's Gallery of Gothic Unicode Fonts
- Code 2001 freeware font including Gothic
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