Elbasan script

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Elbasan script
Directionleft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
LanguagesAlbanian
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Elba, 226 Edit this on Wikidata, ​Elbasan
Unicode
Unicode alias
Elbasan
Unicode range
U+10500 – U+1052F[1]

The Elbasan script is a mid 18th-century alphabetic script created for the Albanian language Elbasan Gospel Manuscript,[2]: 3  also known as the Anonimi i Elbasanit ("the Anonymous of Elbasan"), which is the only document written in it.[2]: 3  The document was created at St. Jovan Vladimir's Church in central Albania, but is preserved today at the National Archives of Albania in Tirana. The script, like the manuscript, is named after the city of Elbasan, where it was invented, and although the manuscript isn't the oldest document written in Albanian,[3] the script is the oldest out of seven[2]: 4  known original scripts created for Albanian.[2]: 3  Its 59 pages contain Biblical content written in a script of 40 letters,[2]: 3  of which 35 frequently recur and 5 are rare.

Letters[]

Elbasan
Letters[4] Latin alphabet Pronunciation
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