01OVERVIEW
Front Matter
SCRIPT · PROFILE
Vithkuqi Script
Script created in 1844 by Albanian scholar Naum Veqilharxhi for the Albanian language, which was then written in a mixture of Arabic, Greek, and Latin scripts.
Script created in 1844 by Albanian scholar Naum Veqilharxhi for the Albanian language, which was then written in a mixture of Arabic, Greek, and Latin scripts. Veqilharxhi created it to revive Albanian national culture under Ottoman rule, but it was ultimately displaced by the Latin alphabet. One of several competing scripts, it illustrates the long historical journey toward unified Albanian orthography.
04SPECIMEN
The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+10570–U+105BF
Total signs70
Unicode Blocks
Not in Unicode
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Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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06MECHANICS
Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Written left to right.
α
System
Alphabet
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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07LINEAGE
The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
08REACH