About Old Hungarian (Hungarian Runic)
The Old Hungarian script (Székely rovásírás) is a traditional runiform writing system used by Hungarians before (and alongside) the Latin script. Old Hungarian developed from Turkic runic scripts and was used to write the Old Hungarian language.
The script is written right-to-left and consists of around 40 characters. While the Latin alphabet became dominant after Hungary's Christianization in the 11th century CE, Old Hungarian survived in use among the Székely people of Transylvania until the 19th century and has experienced a modern revival as a symbol of Hungarian cultural heritage.
Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.
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Key Facts
- ISO Code
- Hung
- ISO Number
- 176
- Script Type
- Alphabet
- Direction
- Right-to-left
- Status
- Historical
- Region
- European
- Introduced
- 600 BCE
- Languages
- 0
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