Lycian alphabet

Lycian
Script type	Alphabet
Time period	500-330 BC
Direction	left-to-right
Languages	Lycian language
Related scripts
Parent systems	Phoenician Greek Lycian
Sister systems	Lydian, Phrygian
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Lyci, 202 , ​Lycian
Unicode
Unicode alias	Lycian
Unicode range	U+10280–U+1029F
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The Decree of Pixodaros in the Lycian script

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The Lycian alphabet was used to write the Lycian language of the Asia Minor region of Lycia. It was an extension of the Greek alphabet, with half a dozen additional letters for sounds not found in Greek. It was largely similar to the Lydian and the Phrygian alphabets.

The alphabet[]

The Lycian alphabet^[1][2] contains letters for 29 sounds. Some sounds are represented by more than one symbol, which is considered one "letter". There are six vowel letters, one for each of the four oral vowels of Lycian, and separate letters for two of the four nasal vowels. Nine of the Lycian letters do not appear to derive from the Greek alphabet.