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SCRIPTA · CAUCASIAN ALBANIAN
01Front Matter04The Letters06Mechanics07Lineage08In the World
01OVERVIEW

Front Matter

SCRIPT · PROFILE

Caucasian Albanian

Christian liturgical script of the Albanian kingdom in modern Azerbaijan (4th–8th century).

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Era
Medieval
Region
Caucasus
System
Alphabet
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Signs
53
Status
Extinct
Christian liturgical script of the Albanian kingdom in modern Azerbaijan (4th–8th century). Forgotten for centuries, its existence was confirmed when manuscripts were discovered at Saint Catherine's Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula in the 20th century. Related to the Armenian script, it has 52 characters.
04SPECIMEN

The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+10530–U+1056F
Total signs53
In Unicode53
Unicode Blocks
Caucasian Albanian
10530 – 1056F
53 chars→
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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06MECHANICS

Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
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Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Written left to right.
α
System
Alphabet
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
07LINEAGE

The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Same family

Armenian AlphabetCaucasian Albanian
08REACH

In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Caucasian Albanian

Countries

Azerbaijan
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