Elder Futhark
Alphabetic writing system
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The Elder Futhark, also known as the Older Futhark, Old Futhark, or Germanic Futhark, is the oldest form of the runic alphabets. It was a writing system used by Germanic peoples for Northwest Germanic dialects in the Migration Period. Wikipedia
Child systems: Younger Futhark, Anglo-Saxon futhorc
Direction: Left-to-right, boustrophedon
Languages: Proto-Germanic, Proto-Norse, Gothic, Alemannic, Old High German
Parent systems: Phoenician alphabet > Greek alphabet (Cumae variant) > Old Italic alphabet > Latin alphabet? > Elder Futhark