Old Italic alphabets

The Old Italic alphabets developed from the west Greek alphabet, which came to Italy via the Greek colonies on Sicily and along the west coast of Italy. The Etruscans adapted the Greek alphabet to writeEtruscan sometime during the 6th century BC, or possibly earlier. Most of the other alphabets used in Italy are thought to have derived from the Etruscan alphabet.

Ancient Latin |Marsiliana |

Ancient Latin

The earliest known inscriptions in the Latin alphabet date from the 6th century BC. It was adapted from theEtruscan alphabet during the 7th century BC. The letters Y and Z were taken from theGreek alphabet to write Greek loan words. Other letters were added from time to time as the Latin alphabet was adapted for other languages.

Modern Latin alphabet

Marsiliana

Marsiliana alphabet

Links

Information about the languages of ancient Italy
http://www.evolpub.com/LCA/VTLhome.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aequian_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestinian_language
ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallaecian_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galatian_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisalpine_Gaulish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicels

Font including Old Italic alphabets
http://greekfonts.teilar.gr

ALPHABETUM - a Unicode font for ancient scripts, including Classical & Medieval Latin, Ancient Greek, Etruscan, Oscan, Umbrian, Faliscan, Messapic, Picene, Iberian, Celtiberian, Gothic, Runic, Old & Middle English, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Old Nordic, Ogham, Kharosthi, Glagolitic, Anatolian scripts, Phoenician, Brahmi, Imperial Aramaic, Old Turkic, Old Permic, Ugaritic, Linear B, Phaistos Disc, Meroitic, Coptic, Cypriot and Avestan.
https://www.typofonts.com/alphabetum.html

Italic languages

Faliscan,Latin,Oscan,South Picene,Umbrian

Alphabets

A-chik Tokbirim,Adinkra,ADLaM,Armenian,Avestan,Avoiuli,Bactrian,Bassa (Vah),Beitha Kukju,Beria (Zaghawa),Borama / Gadabuursi,Carian,Carpathian Basin Rovas,Chinuk pipa,Chisoi,Coorgi-Cox,Coptic,Cyrillic,Dalecarlian runes,Elbasan,Etruscan,Faliscan,Fox,Galik,Georgian (Asomtavruli),Georgian (Nuskhuri),Georgian (Mkhedruli),Glagolitic,Global Alphabet,Gothic,Greek,Hurûf-ı munfasıla,Irish (Uncial),Kaddare,Kayah Li,Khatt-i-Badíʼ,Khazarian Rovas,Koch,Korean,Latin,Lepontic,Luo Lakeside Script,Lycian,Lydian,Manchu,Mandaic,Mandombe,Marsiliana,Medefaidrin,Messapic,Mongolian,Mro,Mundari Bani,Nag Chiki,Naasioi Otomaung,N'Ko,North Picene,Novo Tupi,Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong,Odùduwà,Ogham,Old Church Slavonic,Oirat Clear Script,Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet' / Santali),Old Italic,Old Nubian,Old Permic,Ol Onal,Orkhon,Osage,Oscan,Osmanya (Somali),Pau Cin Hau,Phrygian,Pollard script,Runic,Székely-Hungarian Rovás (Hungarian Runes),South Picene,Sutton SignWriting,Sunuwar,Tai Viet,Tangsa,Todhri,Toto,Umbrian,(Old) Uyghur,Wancho,Yezidi,Zoulai

Other writing systems

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