Paleohispanic scripts

Paleohispanic scripts
Script type
Time period
c. 700 or 500–100 BC
RegionIberian Peninsula and Aquitaine (southern France)
LanguagesAquitanian, Celtiberian, Gallaecian, Iberian, Lusitanian, Sorothaptic, Tartessian
Related scripts
Parent systems
Child systems
Sister systems
Greco-Iberian alphabet
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Nphn (146), ​N Palaeohispanic Sphn (147), ​S Palaeohispanic
Unicode
 This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
Phoenician and Paleohispanic scripts
A possible southwestern signary (based on Rodríguez Ramos 2000).
Possible values of the southeastern Iberian signary (based on Correa 2004). Signs in red are the most debatable.
The proposed 'dual' variant of northeastern Iberian signary (based on Ferrer i Jané 2005).
A western Celtiberian signary (based on Ferrer i Jané 2005).
A northeastern Iberian signary (not dual).
An eastern Celtiberian signary.
The Greco-Iberian alphabet.

The Paleohispanic scripts are the writing systems created in the Iberian Peninsula before the Latin alphabet became the dominant script. They derive from the Phoenician alphabet, with the exception of the Greco-Iberian alphabet, which is a direct adaptation of the Greek alphabet. Some researchers believe that the Greek alphabet may also have played a role in the origin of the other Paleohispanic scripts. Most of these scripts are notable for being semi-syllabic rather than purely alphabetic.

Paleohispanic scripts are known to have been used from the 5th century BCE—possibly as early as the 7th century, according to some researchers—until the end of the 1st century BCE or the beginning of the 1st century CE. They were the primary scripts used to write the Paleohispanic languages.

  1. ^ Himelfarb, Elizabeth J. "First Alphabet Found in Egypt", Archaeology 53, Issue 1 (January/February 2000): 21.

Developed by StudentB