Sample Characters
First 48 characters from Ogham (U+1680–U+169C)
About Ogham
The Ogham alphabet was used primarily in Ireland and Britain from approximately the 4th to the 7th century CE to write Old Irish and occasionally Brittonic languages. Ogham inscriptions are found predominantly on standing stones, mostly in Ireland and Wales.
Ogham consists of strokes and notches cut along a central stem line (the druim). It has 20 basic letters organized into four groups of five, plus five additional letters. The alphabet was likely designed by Irish scholars familiar with Latin and possibly influenced by runic ideas. Ogham is preserved in medieval manuscripts as a cipher and curiosity.
Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.
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Key Facts
- ISO Code
- Ogam
- ISO Number
- 212
- Script Type
- Alphabet
- Direction
- Left-to-right
- Status
- Historical
- Region
- European
- Characters
- 29
- Introduced
- 400 CE
- Languages
- 0
Unicode Ranges
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OghamU+1680–U+169C