Re: Caucasian Albanian Alphabet: Ancient Script Discovered in the Ashes

From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Sat Jan 03 2004 - 15:12:29 EST

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On 03/01/2004 10:17, Michael Everson wrote:

> It looks a lot like what has been called the "Agvan alphabet". See
> http://www.evertype.com/alphabets/Agvan.jpg

Yes, indeed it does. "Agvan" is another (perhaps Armenian) name for
Caucasian Albania, cf. "Aluan" in
http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/%7Ewschulze/Cauc_alb.htm. This Agvan alphabet
seems to be that of "Armenian Manuscript No. 7117" described in
http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai113_folder/113_articles/113_zaza_secrets_revealed.html,
whose phonetic values Alexidze found unreliable.

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