runic script

Summary

runic script is a natural writing system^[1]. It draws 6,885 Wikipedia views per month (natural_writing_system category, ranking #4 of 38).^[2]

Key Facts

• runic script's instance of is recorded as natural writing system^[3].
• runic script's based on is recorded as Old Italic^[4].
• runic script is a type of alphabetic writing system^[5].
• runic script's Commons category is recorded as Runic writing^[6].
• runic script's language of work or name is recorded as Old Norse^[7].
• runic script's language of work or name is recorded as Old English^[8].
• runic script's language of work or name is recorded as Old Icelandic^[9].
• runic script's language of work or name is recorded as Swedish^[10].
• runic script's language of work or name is recorded as Germanic languages^[11].
• runic script comprises rune letter^[12].
• 300 marks the founding of runic script^[13].
• runic script's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Runes^[14].
• runic script's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Runiform scripts^[15].
• runic script's Commons gallery is recorded as Runes^[16].
• runic script's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.^[17].
• runic script's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[18].
• runic script's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[19].
• runic script's described by source is recorded as Q105336459^[20].
• runic script's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• runic script's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• runic script's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• runic script's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• runic script's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10^[25].
• runic script's script directionality is recorded as left-to-right^[26].
• runic script's script directionality is recorded as boustrophedon^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

runic script's instance of is recorded as natural writing system^[3]. It is a type of alphabetic writing system^[5].

Origins

300 marks the founding of runic script^[13].

Use and Application

runic script comprises rune letter^[12].

Influence

Things named for runic script include Cirth^[28], a fictional writing system^[29], founded in 1930^[30].

Why It Matters

runic script draws 6,885 Wikipedia views per month (natural_writing_system category, ranking #4 of 38).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Cirth^[28], a fictional writing system^[29], founded in 1930^[30].