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Cypriot syllabary
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| Cypriot | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type: | Syllabary | |
| Languages: | Greek | |
| Time period: | 11th — 4th century BC | |
| Parent writing systems: | Linear A Cypro-Minoan Cypriot |
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| ISO 15924 code: | Cprt | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Cypriot syllabary is a syllabic script used in Iron Age Cyprus, from ca. the 11th up to the 4th century BC, when it was replaced by the Greek alphabet. A pioneer of that change was king Evagoras of Salamis. It is descended from the Cypro-Minoan syllabary, in turn a variant or derivative of Linear A.
Most texts using the script are in the Arcadocypriot dialect, but some bilingual (Eteocypriot) inscriptions were found in Amathus.
Sign inventory:
| -a | -e | -i | -o | -u | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 𐠀 | 𐠁 | 𐠂 | 𐠃 | 𐠄 | |
| w- | 𐠲 | 𐠳 | 𐠴 | 𐠵 | |
| z- | 𐠼 | 𐠿 | |||
| j- | 𐠅 | 𐠈 | |||
| k- | 𐠊 | 𐠋 | 𐠌 | 𐠍 | 𐠎 |
| l- | 𐠏 | 𐠐 | 𐠑 | 𐠒 | 𐠓 |
| m- | 𐠔 | 𐠕 | 𐠖 | 𐠗 | 𐠘 |
| n- | 𐠙 | 𐠚 | 𐠛 | 𐠜 | 𐠝 |
| ks- | 𐠷 | 𐠸 | |||
| p- | 𐠞 | 𐠟 | 𐠠 | 𐠡 | 𐠢 |
| r- | 𐠣 | 𐠤 | 𐠥 | 𐠦 | 𐠧 |
| s- | 𐠨 | 𐠩 | 𐠪 | 𐠫 | 𐠬 |
| t- | 𐠭 | 𐠮 | 𐠯 | 𐠰 | 𐠱 |
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