Lycian alphabet
| Lycian | |
|---|---|
| Script type | Alphabet
|
Period | c.500 – c.200 BC |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| Languages | Lycian language |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Phoenician
|
Sister systems | Carian, Lydian, Phrygian |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Lyci (202), Lycian |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Lycian |
| U+10280–U+1029F | |
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.