Unicode: Old Italic ๐ŒŽ

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Old Italic Alphabet Letters

๐Œ€ ๐Œ ๐Œ‚ ๐Œƒ ๐Œ„ ๐Œ… ๐Œ† ๐Œ‡ ๐Œˆ ๐Œ‰ ๐ŒŠ ๐Œ‹ ๐ŒŒ ๐Œ ๐ŒŽ ๐Œ ๐Œ ๐Œ‘ ๐Œ’ ๐Œ“ ๐Œ” ๐Œ• ๐Œ– ๐Œ— ๐Œ˜ ๐Œ™ ๐Œš

Other Letters

๐Œ› ๐Œœ ๐Œ ๐Œž ๐ŒŸ

๐Œญ ๐Œฎ ๐Œฏ

Numbers

๐Œ  ๐Œก ๐Œข ๐Œฃ

what is Old Italic scripts

Old Italic scripts are a family of ancient alphabetic writing systems used on the Italian Peninsula (and nearby areas) from roughly 700 BC to 100 BC.

  • They were used to write various languages spoken by ancient peoples in pre-Roman Italy.
  • The most important and influential member is the Etruscan alphabet.
  • The Latin alphabet (which we still use today) evolved directly from an early form of the Etruscan script.
  • Old Italic scripts ultimately trace back to the Phoenician alphabet via the Western Greek alphabet (specifically the Euboean/Cumaean variant).
  • Greek colonists brought it to Italy in the 8th century BC, particularly to places like Cumae near Naples.
  • The Etruscans adapted it, and their version then spread to other peoples across Italy.

[from misc sources online.]

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