Origin from 400
An alphabet used mainly to write Primitive and Old Irish, and in a handful of inscriptions Pictish, attested on standing stones from roughly the fourth to the sixth century CE, mostly in Ireland and parts of western Britain. Its twenty original letters are formed entirely from groups of straight or angled strokes cut across or beside a central stemline, usually the vertical edge of a stone, a shape well suited to carving rather than to a pen and page. Most surviving Ogham inscriptions record personal names, commonly in a formula naming a person as the descendant or kinsman of another, and are thought to have served as memorial or boundary markers.
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Directionalitybottom-to-top, along a central stemline 1 In Use Since (Year) Connections
Influenced By
Why this is disputed. Ogham's origin is scholarly disputed: most scholars favour the Latin alphabet as the model, though the Elder Futhark and the Greek alphabet also have supporters.
Source Wikipedia: Ogham
Script Of
Ogham is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language in its orthodox inscriptions (4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language in its scholastic ogham tradition (6th to 9th centuries); it was also used much less frequently to record Pictish.
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1. Wikipedia: Ogham
Influenced By: Latin Script, Ogham, Theories of origin sectionQuote, Influenced By: Latin Script, Ogham, Theories of origin section
The largest number of scholars favour the Latin alphabet as this template, although the Elder Futhark and even the Greek alphabet have their supporters.
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