Caucasian Albanian
Script details
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| Code | Aghb |
| Script type | alphabet |
| Region | European |
| Status | Historical |
| Direction | LTR |
| Baseline | unspecified |
| Case | yes |
| White space | between words |
| Complex behaviors | |
| OpenType code | aghb |
| ISO 15924 Numeric Code / Key | 239 (left-to-right alphabetic) |
Script description
The Caucasian Albanian script was used to write the language of Caucasian Albania (which is not the same as present-day European Albania).
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The Caucasian Albanian language was a dialect of Old Udi, which is closely related to the Eastern Samur branch of Lezgian.
The Caucasian Albanian script was an alphabet written from left to right with spaces between words. There were fifty-two letters in the alphabet. It is thought to have been based on Greek writing.
Languages that use this script
| Language | Writing System Code | Writing System Status | SLDR/CLDR locale | Regional variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aghwan | xag-Aghb | in use | xag-Aghb-XX | |
| Lezgi | lez-Aghb | in use | lez-Aghb-RU lez-Aghb-AZ (Azerbaijan) | |
| Udi | udi-Aghb | in use | udi-Aghb-RU (Russian Federation) |
Unicode status
In The Unicode Standard, Caucasian Albanian implementation is discussed in Chapter 8 Europe-II — Ancient and Other Scripts
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Other:
Resources
- ScriptSource page for Caucasian Albanian - all about scripts, languages, and writing systems
- Wikipedia article on Caucasian Albanian