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Lycian alphabet

Alphabet used to write the Lycian language

Field	Value
name	Lycian
languages	Lycian language
type	Alphabet
time	500 – 200 BC
fam1	Phoenician
fam2	Greek
sisters	Carian, Lydian, Phrygian
imagesize	270px
unicode	U+10280–U+1029F
iso15924	Lyci

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.

The alphabet

The Lycian alphabet contains letters for 29 sounds. Some sounds are represented by more than one symbol, which is considered one "letter". There are six vowel letters, one for each of the four oral vowels of Lycian, and separate letters for two of the four nasal vowels. Nine of the Lycian letters do not appear to derive from the Greek alphabet.

Transliteration	IPA	Notes
a
b
g
d
i	,
w
z
h
θ	[θ]
j or y
k		after nasals
l	and ~
m
n
u	,
p		after nasals
κ or c	? ?
r	and ~
s
t		after nasals. ñt is as in / Ñtemuχlida for Greek Δημοκλείδης / Dēmokleídēs.
e
ã		/ Lusãtra for Greek Λύσανδρος / Lúsandros.
ẽ
m̃	, ,	originally perhaps syllabic , later coda
ñ	, ,	originally perhaps syllabic , later coda
τ	? ?
q		after nasals
β	? ?	voiced after nasals
χ		after nasals

Numbers

Lycian uses the following number symbols: I (vertical stroke) = 1,

The number 128½ would therefore be expressed as HOO

Unicode

Main article: Lycian (Unicode block)

The Lycian alphabet was added to the Unicode Standard in April, 2008 with the release of version 5.1. It is encoded in Plane 1 (Supplementary Multilingual Plane).

The Unicode block for Lycian is U+10280–U+1029F:

Notes

References

. Translator Chris Markham.
{{cite book|first=Trevor R.|last=Bryce|author-link=Trevor R. Bryce
Roger D. Woodard, 2007, The Ancient Languages of Asia Minor.

References

Adiego (2007) page 764.
Bryce (1986) pages 56-57.
Bryce, T. R.. (January 1986). "The Pronunciation of Delta in Greek and Lycian". Classical Philology.
Bryce (1986) page 58.
(1979). "L'inscription lycienne". Fouilles de Xanthos.
"The Trilingual Inscription of the Létôon. Lycian Version".

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