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Hungarian Runes (Hungarian: rovásírás, székely rovásírás (listen (help· info)) or simply rovás) is a type of runic writing system used by the Magyars (mainly by Székely Magyars) prior to AD 1000. The name rovás comes from the Hungarian word for "carving," ^[1] since the letters were usually carved on wood or sticks. A Specimen of typeset fonts and languages, by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... Hungarian (magyar nyelv ) is a Finno-Ugric language, and more specifically a Ugric language, unrelated to the other languages of Central Europe. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word Ï†Ï‰Î½Î®, phone meaning sound, voice) is the study of sounds and the human voice. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... 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. ... Hungarian (magyar nyelv ) is a Finno-Ugric language, and more specifically a Ugric language, unrelated to the other languages of Central Europe. ... The Hungarian alphabet is an extension of the Roman alphabet. ... The double acute accent ( Ë ) is a diacritic mark of the latin script used primarily in written Hungarian. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Linguistics & Pronunciation Dz is the seventh letter of the Hungarian alphabet. ... // Linguistics & Pronunciation Dzs is the eighth letter, and only trigraph, of the Hungarian alphabet. ... Linguistics & Pronunciation Gy is the thirtheenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet. ... Linguistics & Pronunciation Ly is the twentieth letter of the Hungarian alphabet. ... Linguistics & Pronunciation Ny is the twenty-third letter of the Hungarian alphabet. ... Linguistics & Pronunciation Sz is the thirty-second letter of the Hungarian alphabet. ... Linguistics & Pronunciation Ty is the thirty-fourth letter of the Hungarian alphabet. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article deals with the phonology and the phonetics of the Hungarian language. ... Vowel harmony (also metaphony) is a type of long-distance assimilatory phonological process involving vowels. ... Hungarian grammar is the study of the rules governing the use of the Hungarian language, a Finno-Ugric language spoken in Hungary and in adjacent areas of Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, Austria, and Slovenia (all territories lost after World War I). ... This page is about noun phrases in Hungarian grammar. ... This page is about verbs in Hungarian grammar. ... In sociolinguistics, a T-V distinction describes the situation wherein a language has second-person pronouns that distinguish varying levels of politeness, social distance, courtesy, familiarity, or insult toward the addressee. ... The Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete, that is, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, was founded in 1949. ... This is a list of English words of Hungarian origin: Biro From BÃrÃ³. Named after Mr. ... This article is becoming very long. ... // Orthography Modern Hungarian orthography is slightly different (simpler) than that of 18th or 19th century, but many Hungarian surnames retain their historical spelling. ... Image File history File links Szekely_rovasiras. ... Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Writing Systems of the World today A Specimen of typeset fonts and languages, by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The SzÃ©kely or Szeklers (Hungarian: , Romanian: , German: ) ( sÃ©k-ei in pronunciation ) are a Hungarian ethnic group mostly living in Transylvania in Romania, with a significant population also living in Vojvodina, Serbia. ...

Reportedly the first Christian king of Hungary, St. Stephen I ordered that all traditional writings be destroyed and that the Latin alphabet be adopted. However, the Székely script remained in use in remote regions of Transylvania until the late 1850s. A very similar script was reportedly used by the Huns. Stephen the Great raising the double cross: equestrian sculpture by Alajos StrÃ³bl, 1906, crowns the Fishermens Bastion, Budapest. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ... Map of Romania with Transylvania in yellow Transylvania (Romanian: or Transilvania; Hungarian: ; German: ; Serbian: or Erdelj / Ð•Ñ€Ð´ÐµÑ™) is a historical region in the center of Romania. ... // Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution... The Huns were a confederation of Eurasian tribes who appeared in Europe in the 4th century, the most famous person being Attila. ...

Some claim that this writing system is more suitable for writing Hungarian than the Latin alphabet, because it includes letters for all the phonemes of the Hungarian language, such as cs, gy, ly, ny, ö, sz, ty, ü, zs.. However as the Hungarian script today is based on modified Latin letters covering all the sounds listed above, the claim does not make much sence. Note that the rovásírás alphabet does not contain the letters for the phonemes dz, dzs, q, w, x and y of the modern Hungarian alphabet — the first five of these appear in words of foreign origin only, while y is only used in digraphs (and certain family names). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hungarian (magyar nyelv ) is a Finno-Ugric language, and more specifically a Ugric language, unrelated to the other languages of Central Europe. ... The Hungarian alphabet is an extension of the Roman alphabet. ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ...

History

Early period, 600 – 896

Around 600 AD, the Hungarian tribes were forced to move southwest from their earlier territories into Khazaria. The Hungarian Runes are almost certainly related to the Orkhon or Turkic Runic script. This is supported by the Hungarian tribes' early geography propinquity to the Gokturks. Moreover, thirteen of the Hungarian rovás glyphs closely resemble characters of the Orkhon script. The additional characters were Hungarian developments rather than borrowings. The Hungarian Runic script is not directly related to Germanic Runes: the only tie between them is that both derive from the Phoenician alphabet. The Khazars were a Turkic semi-nomadic people from Central Asia who adopted Judaism. ... Orkhon script The Orkhon script is the earliest known Turkic alphabet. ... 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 Phoenician alphabet dates from around 1400 BC and is related to the Proto-Canaanite alphabet. ...

The origins of the Hungarian runes are also demonstrated by the genealogy of the Hungarian words for 'letter' (betű), 'to write' (ír) and 'stamp' (bélyeg): all derive from a Turkic language. The word rovás, the name for this kind of writing, interestingly, derives from the verb ró (to carve) which is derived from old Finno-Ugric. The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China with an estimated 140 million native speakers and tens of millions of second-language speakers. ... Geographical distribution of Finno-Ugric (Finno-Permic in blue, Ugric in green). ...

Around 830, after living for 230 years in Khazaria, the Hungarians moved westwards, to Etelköz (the land of present-day Moldavia). Off here, they descried the Carpathian Basin. In 896, because of external pressures, they left behind Etelköz and conquered the territory of present-day Hungary. The EtelkÃ¶z or Atelkuzu was an area settled by the Magyars from the mid-9th century to circa 895 CE when they were driven west by the Pechenegs and occupied the Carpathian Basin. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... The Pannonian plain is a large plain in central/south-eastern Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea (see below) dried out. ...

Later Middle Ages, 896 – 1526

The century after 896 saw the emergence of the Hungarian State. The seven Hungarian tribes (which soon assimilated the three Kabar tribes) formed smaller principalities, which were loosely connected with each other. There are archeological findings from the 10th century, for example, from Homokmégy. The latter inscription was found on a fragment of a quiver made of bone. Although there have been several attempts to interpret it, the meaning of it is still unclear; a possible translation is "Win with the quiver of ten arrows." Finally, these smaller units (the tribal principalities) gave rise to the Principality of Hungary, which, in 1000, with the coronation of Stephen I of Hungary, became the Kingdom of Hungary. The Latin alphabet was adopted as official, however rovasiras remained in use for a long time. Image File history File links Nikolsburg_abc. ... Image File history File links Nikolsburg_abc. ... The Kabars (Gr. ... Location of BÃ¡cs-Kiskun county in the Southern Great Plain region HomokmÃ©gy is a village and municipality in BÃ¡cs-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. ... A quiver is a container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun. ... Stephen the Great raising the double cross: equestrian sculpture by Alajos StrÃ³bl, 1906, crowns the Fishermens Bastion, Budapest. ... The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar KirÃ¡lysÃ¡g) is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ...

The runic script was first mentioned in the 13th century Chronicle of Simon of Kéza, where he stated that the Székelys and the Vlachs (Romanians) used the script. The earliest surviving copy of the actual alphabet is an incunabulum from 1483, found at the library of the castle of Nikolsburg, now Mikulov in Moravia. This alphabet lists 35 letters and 15 ligatures with latin transcriptions. Simon of KÃ©za (in Hungarian KÃ©zai Simon) was the most famous Hungarian chronicler in the 13th century. ... The SzÃ©kely or Szeklers (Hungarian: , Romanian: , German: ) ( sÃ©k-ei in pronunciation ) are a Hungarian ethnic group mostly living in Transylvania in Romania, with a significant population also living in Vojvodina, Serbia. ... Vlachs (also called Wallachians, Wlachs, Wallachs, Olahs or Ulahs) is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. ... A page from a rare Blackletter Bible (1497) printed in Strasbourg by J.R. Grueninger. ... Events The SÃ£o TomÃ© settlement is founded. ... Mikulov (German Nikolsburg) is a town in the Czech Republic, in South Moravian Region. ... Flag of Moravia Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava; German: ; Hungarian: ; Polish: ) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic. ...

The period between 1526 – 1850

In 1526, Hungary lost the Battle of Mohács against the Ottomans. This led to the partition of the Kingdom: the western and northern parts remained Royal Hungary, the southern parts were occupied by the Ottoman Empire, and the eastern portion became independent. The latter, notably the Principality of Transylvania, favoured Hungarian culture. // Combatants Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Hungary Commanders Suleiman I Louis II of Hungary â€ PÃ¡l Tomori â€ GyÃ¶rgy ZÃ¡polya Strength ~ 100,000 supported by 10,000 to 20,000 irregulars 160 to 300 cannons ~ 25,000 to 28,000 53 cannons (85 initial) John ZÃ¡polyas 8,000... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29... Consequences of the Battle of MohÃ¡cs, and the conquest of Buda in 1541 by the Ottomans: the Kingdom is partitioned. ... Motto: Ø¯ÙˆÙ„Øª Ø§Ø¨Ø¯ Ù…Ø¯Øª Devlet-i Ebed-mÃ¼ddet (The Eternal State) Anthem: Ottoman imperial anthem At the height of its power (1683) Capital SÃ¶ÄŸÃ¼t (1299-1326) Bursa (1326-1365) Edirne (1365-1453) Constantinople (Istanbul) (1453-1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans - 1281â€“1326 Osman I - 1918â€“1922 Mehmed VI... Map of Romania with Transylvania in yellow Transylvania (Romanian: or Transilvania; Hungarian: ; German: ; Serbian: or Erdelj / Ð•Ñ€Ð´ÐµÑ™) is a historical region in the center of Romania. ...

The indigenous script was not widely used, as previously, but became part of folk art in serveral areas. Thus, the corpus of Hungarian runes became more voluminous at the time. In 1598, János Telegdi wrote his primer, "Rudimenta Priscae Hunnorum Linguae", where he presents his understanding of the rovás. It also contains Hungarian texts written with runes, for example, the Lord's Prayer. In Royal Hungary, rovás was used less, although there are relics from this territory, too. Image File history File links Enlaka_rovas_inscription. ... Image File history File links Enlaka_rovas_inscription. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Lords Prayer (Greek Î— ÎšÏ…ÏÎ¹Î±ÎºÎ® Î ÏÎ¿ÏƒÎµÏ…Ï‡Î®) (Latin Oratio Dominica), sometimes also known amongst English speakers as the Pater Imon, the Pater Noster or the Our Father, is probably the best-known prayer in Christianity. ... Consequences of the Battle of MohÃ¡cs, and the conquest of Buda in 1541 by the Ottomans: the Kingdom is partitioned. ...

There is another copy of the rovás alphabet, dated 1609. The inscription from Énlaka, dated 1668, reads the following: "God is one. Georgius Musnai deacon." In 1686, the Kingdom of Hungary regained the territories lost in 1526. After that time several other runic inscriptions were created, for example the inscriptions of Kibéd, Csejd, Makfalva, Szokolma, Marosvásárhely, Csíkrákos, Mezőkeresztes, Nagybánya, Torda, Kecskemét and Kiskunhalas, all ranging from the 17th to the early 19th century. InlÄƒceni (Hungarian: Ã‰nlaka) is a village in the commune of Atid in Harghita County, Romania. ... The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar KirÃ¡lysÃ¡g) is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... County MureÅŸ County Status County capital Mayor Dorin Florea, Democratic Party, since 2000 Population (2002) 149,577 Geographical coordinates , Web site http://www. ... MezÅ‘keresztes is a village in Borsod-AbaÃºj-ZemplÃ©n county, Northern Hungary near MezÅ‘kÃ¶vesd and Eger. ... County MaramureÅŸ County Status County capital Mayor Cristian Anghel, National Liberal Party, since 2000 Area 235. ... Turda (Hungarian: Torda, German: Thorenburg) (population: 55,770) is a city in Cluj county, Romania situated on the Arieş river. ... KecskemÃ©t is a city in the central part of Hungary. ... KiskunlachÃ¡za is a town in Pest county in the northern part of Central Hungary, approximately 4 miles from the Danube river and its largest neighbor, RÃ¡ckeve. ...

After 1850, with the spread of modern education, Hungarian runic writing was all but extinguished.

20th century: the era of research

Because their use had almost died out, researchers in the twentieth century had to reconstruct the alphabet from historic sources, with very limited reference to a living tradition. Gyula Sebestyén, Hungarian folklorist, did the lion's share of this work. His publications, Rovás és rovásírás (Runes and Runic Writing, Budapest, 1909) and A magyar rovásírás hiteles emlékei (Offical Relics of Hungarian Runic Writing, Budapest, 1915) contain valuable informations on the topic. Folkloristics is the formal academic study of folklore and mythology. ... Nickname: Paris of the East, Pearl of the Danubeor Queen of the Danube Location of Budapest in Hungary Country Hungary County Pest Mayor GÃ¡bor Demszky (SZDSZ) Area - City 525,16 kmÂ² - Land n/a kmÂ² - Water n/a kmÂ² Population - City (2006) 1,695,000 - Density 3570/km... Nickname: Paris of the East, Pearl of the Danubeor Queen of the Danube Location of Budapest in Hungary Country Hungary County Pest Mayor GÃ¡bor Demszky (SZDSZ) Area - City 525,16 kmÂ² - Land n/a kmÂ² - Water n/a kmÂ² Population - City (2006) 1,695,000 - Density 3570/km...

In the latter part of the twentieth century, several new rovás and rovás-like inscriptions were found all over Hungary. This includes the 10th century relic from Homokmégy, which is surely Hungarian, and the 8th century inscribed Avar needle-box from Szarvas. Also, runic inscriptions appear on the Nagyszentmiklós Treasure, which is a precious golden hoard of unknown origin. These created much confusion. However, nowadays, experts agree that the alphabets used on the Nagyszentmiklós Treasure and on the Szarvas needle-box are the same, while the Hungarian one is of another ancestry. Location of BÃ¡cs-Kiskun county in the Southern Great Plain region HomokmÃ©gy is a village and municipality in BÃ¡cs-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. ... The word Avars can mean: The nomadic people that conquered the Hungarian Steppe in the early Middle Ages, the Eurasian Avars. ... Szarvas Szarvas (German Sarwasch, Slovak SarvaÅ¡) is a town in Hungary. ...

Today

Though the runic script is no longer in practical use, Hungarians treasure it — especially the Hungarians of Transylvania. The worldwide Hungarian Scout organisations are still teaching it today. There are contemporary efforts to promote it to youth. The runic script does not have its own code page, and it is not coded in Unicode either.^[2]However, there are some fonts which contain Hungarian Runic characters. Because of the lack of capital letters, they can be written by simply pressing the specific key. Characters for gy, ty, sz, etc. can be written with the use of shift key.^[3] The shift key on a modern Windows keyboard The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate upper characters. ...

The runes sometimes also have a political undertone, as they are used by far-right groups in their propaganda or graffiti across Hungary.^{[citation needed]}

Variants

There are two variants of the script, the Székely runes and the pálos (Pauline) runes. The Pauline runes have been discovered only recently. Mediaeval texts mention only the Székely variant, thus previous scholars only recognized this one. Nowadays experts agree that there are two variants. Middle age is a non-specific stage in life when a person is neither young nor old, but somewhere in between. ...

The Székely runes

History

"Old Hungarian script" often means this variant, however, it is not the only one Hungarian runic script. The first Christian king, Saint Stephen banned the runic script when he became the king of Hungary in 1000 – but among the Székelys (a Magyar group in Transylvania) the script remained in constant use, as there are many well dated relics from these times. From the late 13th century (when the Árpád dynasty became extinct) both runic scripts were used. In the court of the great Hungarian Renaissance ruler, King Matthias, the runic script was in fashion. The SzÃ©kely or Szeklers (Hungarian: , Romanian: , German: ) ( sÃ©k-ei in pronunciation ) are a Hungarian ethnic group mostly living in Transylvania in Romania, with a significant population also living in Vojvodina, Serbia. ... The ÃrpÃ¡ds (Hungarian: ÃrpÃ¡dok, Slovak: ArpÃ¡dovci, Croatian: ArpadoviÄ‡i) were a dynasty ruling in historic Hungary from the late 9th century to 1301 (with some interruptions, e. ... ...

During the Turkish wars in Hungary (dated from the Battle of Mohács in 1526), an independent Hungarian state, the Transylvanian Principality was formed. Here, while the Latin alphabet remained the official one, the use of the runes was customary among the Székely commons.^[4] The wars of the Ottoman Empire in Europe marked the better part of the history of southeastern Europe, notably, giving infamy to the Balkans. ... // Combatants Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Hungary Commanders Suleiman I Louis II of Hungary â€ PÃ¡l Tomori â€ GyÃ¶rgy ZÃ¡polya Strength ~ 100,000 supported by 10,000 to 20,000 irregulars 160 to 300 cannons ~ 25,000 to 28,000 53 cannons (85 initial) John ZÃ¡polyas 8,000... The SzÃ©kely or Szeklers (Hungarian: , Romanian: , German: ) ( sÃ©k-ei in pronunciation ) are a Hungarian ethnic group mostly living in Transylvania in Romania, with a significant population also living in Vojvodina, Serbia. ...

This variant was still used in the late 1850s, but with the spread of education, it turned subsidiary.

Characters

The runic alphabet includes 42 runes.^[5] Some consonants have two forms, for example, aS and eS. The 'a' form should be written after vowels a, á, o, ó, u, ú, while the 'e' form after e, ë, é, i, í, ö, ő, ü, ű.
To gather information about the transliteration's pronunciation, see Hungarian alphabet. The Hungarian alphabet is an extension of the Roman alphabet. ...

The Hungarian runes also include some non-alphabetical runes which are not ligatures but separate signs. These are called capita dictionum. Further research is needed to define their origin and traditional usage. Some examples:

Features

The Székely runic letters were usually written from right to left on sticks. Later, in Transylvania, they appeared on several media. Writings on walls also were right to left and not boustrophedon style (alternating direction right to left and then left to right). Boustrophedon is an ancient way of writing manuscripts and other inscriptions in which, rather than going from left to right as in modern English, or right to left as in Arabic, alternate lines must be read in opposite directions. ...

The numbers are almost the same as the Roman, Etruscan, and Chuvash numerals. Numbers of livestock were carved on tally sticks and the sticks were then cut in two lengthwise to avoid later disputes. Image File history File links Rovas_szamok. ... Image File history File links Rovas_szamok. ... Tchouvache Chuvash numerals was an ancient numeral system that the Chuvash people used. ...

In writing and typography, a ligature occurs where two or more letterforms are written or printed as a unit. ... Image File history File links Rovasiras_krk2. ... Image File history File links Rovasiras_keerek. ... Image File history File links Rovasiras_kereek2. ...

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The Pauline runes

History

Knowledge about the Pauline runes is very deficient. This variant got its name from the Pauline order, the only monastic order founded in Hungary. This variant was used by the order and was written from left to right similar to the Latin script. The monks sometimes used this script in their correspondence, documentation, etc. Paulists is the name of several Roman Catholic Orders and Congregations taken in honour and under the patronage of a St. ...

Several examples of this script variant were found in South American archives, since the monks worked as missionaries there after being invited by the kings of Spain and Portugal to help exploring the continent. The Pauline missionaries had good relations with the natives whom they even protected from the authorities. During this endeavour the Pauline monks used the Pauline Runic variant in their letters as a secret code, reporting home about atrocities committed by the Spaniards and the Portuguese against the natives. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Characters

As the knowledge is very deficient about the pauline runes, only some characters, for example:

Image File history File links Pauline_l. ... Image File history File links Pauline_sz. ... Image File history File links Pauline_t. ... Image File history File links Pauline_szl. ...

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This inscription can be found in the Cerro Pelado cavern, in Ecuador, South America. It was written around 1500.^[6]

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Archeological findings

Rune relics exist all over the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary, from Transdanubia to Transylvania. Only some of these: The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar KirÃ¡lysÃ¡g) is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... This article is about Transdanubia, the region in Hungary. ... Map of Romania with Transylvania in yellow Transylvania (Romanian: or Transilvania; Hungarian: ; German: ; Serbian: or Erdelj / Ð•Ñ€Ð´ÐµÑ™) is a historical region in the center of Romania. ...

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Gallery

Notes

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References

External links

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Encyclopedia > Old Hungarian script

Contents

History

Early period, 600 – 896

Later Middle Ages, 896 – 1526

The period between 1526 – 1850

20th century: the era of research

Today

Variants

The Székely runes

History

Characters

Features

Text example

The Pauline runes

History

Characters

Text example

Archeological findings

Gallery

Notes

References

External links