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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
๐ € ๐  ๐ ‚ ๐ ƒ ๐ „
w- ๐ ฒ ๐ ณ ๐ ด ๐ ต
z- ๐ ผ ๐ ฟ
j- ๐ … ๐ ˆ
k- ๐ Š ๐ ‹ ๐ Œ ๐  ๐ Ž
l- ๐  ๐  ๐ ‘ ๐ ’ ๐ “
m- ๐ ” ๐ • ๐ – ๐ — ๐ ˜
n- ๐ ™ ๐ š ๐ › ๐ œ ๐ 
ks- ๐ ท ๐ ธ
p- ๐ ž ๐ Ÿ ๐   ๐ ก ๐ ข
r- ๐ ฃ ๐ ค ๐ ฅ ๐ ฆ ๐ ง
s- ๐ จ ๐ ฉ ๐ ช ๐ ซ ๐ ฌ
t- ๐ ญ ๐ ฎ ๐ ฏ ๐ ฐ ๐ ฑ

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External links

  • http://www.omniglot.com/writing/cypriot.htm
  • http://www.ancientscripts.com/cypriot.html

Syllabary writing systems | Hellenic scripts | Cypriot culture | History of Cyprus

Kyprische Schrift | ะšะธะฟั€ัะบะพะต ะฟะธััŒะผะพ

 

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