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|[[Category:Inscription]][[alphabet::Sanzeno alphabet]];?coordinate;?text_plain=Inscription;?script=script;icon=Marker_C0FF40.png;limit=1000 | |[[Category:Inscription]][[alphabet::Sanzeno alphabet]];?coordinate;?text_plain=Inscription;?script=script;icon=Marker_C0FF40.png;limit=1000 | ||
|[[Category:Inscription]][[alphabet::Lugano alphabet]];?coordinate;?text_plain=Inscription;?script=script;icon= | |[[Category:Inscription]][[alphabet::Lugano alphabet]];?coordinate;?text_plain=Inscription;?script=script;icon=Marker_FF8000.png;limit=1000 | ||
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[[File:Marker_008000.png|baseline]] Magrè alphabet ({{#ask:[[Category:Inscription]][[alphabet::Magrè alphabet]][[coordinate::+]]|format=count}}); | [[File:Marker_008000.png|baseline]] Magrè alphabet ({{#ask:[[Category:Inscription]][[alphabet::Magrè alphabet]][[coordinate::+]]|format=count}}); | ||
[[File:Marker_C0FF40.png|baseline]] Sanzeno alphabet ({{#ask:[[Category:Inscription]][[alphabet::Sanzeno alphabet]][[coordinate::+]]|format=count}}); | [[File:Marker_C0FF40.png|baseline]] Sanzeno alphabet ({{#ask:[[Category:Inscription]][[alphabet::Sanzeno alphabet]][[coordinate::+]]|format=count}}); | ||
[[File: | [[File:Marker_FF8000.png|baseline]] Lugano alphabet ({{#ask:[[Category:Inscription]][[alphabet::Lugano alphabet]][[coordinate::+]]|format=count}}); | ||
== Statistics == | == Statistics == | ||
{{property_statistics|Inscription}} | {{property_statistics|Inscription}} | ||
Revision as of 13:59, 9 July 2015
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| Description: | Defines the regional variant of the writing system of the inscription, in particular of the North Italic script. |
| Type: | String |
| Allows value: | Venetic alphabet, Magrè alphabet, Sanzeno alphabet, Lugano alphabet, ? |
Definition
See Property:script for preliminaries, and Script for further information.
Venetic alphabet
Used as a cover term for the various Venetic alphabets (e.g. Archaic Venetic, Este alphabet, Padua alphabet), which differ from each other most clearly by their use of different letters for writing dentals. As a group, the Venetic alphabets are distinguished by "inverted" Upsilon 
and Lambda 
, a unique form of Heta 
, and syllabic punctuation, though exceptions can be found throughout the Venetic realm. Alpha often appears as 
. Looking at individual Venetic alphabets, the use of Zeta 
for /d/ (Este alphabet) or of Theta 
for /t/ (Padova alphabet) can be considered typical. As in early Etruscan, the digraph <vh> is used to write /f/ (apparently absent in Raetic). Further differences to the Raetic alphabets (Sanzeno and Magrè) as a whole are Mu 
with four bars and the presence of Omikron. However, seeing as the Raetic writing tradition continues the Venetic one, some suspension of differences must be expected in areas/phases of transition (e.g. three-bar 
in the Venetic inscriptions of Vicenza). Apart from the odd Celtic name, the Venetic alphabets proper are not known to write any languages other than Venetic, but sporadic testimonies have been found beyond the Venetic realm (e.g. *It 1 in the Inn valley).
Magrè alphabet
Named after the site of Magrè, where the first substantial Raetic inscription find was made. It is prevalent in the South and the North of the Raetic realm, more precisely in the valleys of the Alpine foothills connecting the area of Trento with the Padan plain, and in the Wipp, Puster and Inn valleys of North Tyrol, as well as in the rock inscriptions. The Magrè alphabet is close to the Venetic alphabets, featuring the "inverted" forms of Upsilon and Lambda typical for Venetic. Syllabic punctuation is only used erratically. The characteristics distinguishing it from the Venetic group are with only three bars, and the lack of Omikron. Typical, but not exclusive are two characteristics pertaining to writing direction: Sigma with the upper angle opening against writing direction (←
), and Alpha with the bar slanting upward in writing direction (←
). The special character 
appears only in Magrè itself, and is not an identifying feature for the alphabet as a whole. See Þ for a discussion pertaining to whether the character Φ5 s might be considered exclusive to the Magrè alphabet.
Sanzeno alphabet
Formerly termed "Bolzano alphabet" after some early finds from the area; Sanzeno has replaced Bozen as the eponymous site after the discovery of the sanctuary with its numerous votive inscriptions. The variety is used in the central area of the Raetic realm, i.e. roughly the Nonsberg, the upper Etsch valley (including the Unterland and the Vinschgau) and the Eisack valley. It shares with the Magrè alphabet the characteristics consequently considered typically Raetic: lack of Omikron, three-bar and orientation of ← and ← (here exclusive). The main difference consists in the shapes of Upsilon, Lambda and Pi: Upsilon and Lambda appearing as 
and 
corresponds to the Etruscan and Lugano alphabets, but Pi, with a simple bar instead of an angle, is turned against writing direction (←
). The special character has the form 
. Syllabic punctuation (or vestiges of it) are absent.
Lugano alphabet
Epigraphically, virtually indistinguishable from Etruscan, save by particular shapes of San and presence of Omikron. Pi always appears as 
, never with an angle; 
develops into 
. Where the language is identifiable, the Lugano alphabet writes varieties of Celtic. Geographically, points of contact between the Celtic and Raetic corpora are the lower Vallagarina and potentially the upper Inn valley.
Note that the question mark in brackets does not express incertitude concerning the alphabet, but qualifies the reliability of ascription to the script.
Map
Distribution of North Italic inscriptions per alphabet:
Venetic alphabet (0);
Magrè alphabet (68);
Sanzeno alphabet (56);
Lugano alphabet (0);
Statistics
Number of pages in the Category:Inscription (129) per "alphabet":
| alphabet | occurrence | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venetic alphabet | 0 | 0.00 % | show list | |
| Magrè alphabet | 69 | 53.48 % | show list | |
| Sanzeno alphabet | 60 | 46.51 % | show list | |
| Lugano alphabet | 0 | 0.00 % | show list | |
| ? | 0 | 0.00 % | show list | |
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