Sidetic
Script details
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| Code | Sidt |
| Script type | alphabet |
| Region | unspecified |
| Status | Historical |
| Direction | RTL |
| Baseline | bottom |
| Case | no |
| White space | unspecified |
| Complex behaviors | |
| OpenType code | unspecified |
| ISO 15924 Numeric Code / Key | 180 (right-to-left alphabetic) |
Script description
Sidetic is a right-to-left alphabet that was used from the 5th through 2nd centuries BCE for writing a now-extinct Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, which is also referred to by scholars as ‘Sidetic’ (ISO 639: xsd).
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The script is attested on 10 stone inscriptions and a number of coins. However, it has not been fully deciphered. Scholars have identified at least 29 distinctive letters. There is some consensus on the values of 26 letters. The values of the other 3 letters are unclear. Of these 26 letters, there are 5 vowel letters, 2 semi-vowels, and 19 consonants.
Languages that use this script
There are no known languages that use this script.
Unicode status
The Sidetic script has been accepted for a future version of Unicode. The script has a tentative allocation at U+10940..U+1095F in the Roadmap to the SMP
for the Unicode Standard.
Resources
- ScriptSource page for Sidetic - all about scripts, languages, and writing systems
- Wikipedia article on Sidetic