Elder Futhark
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Languages | Old High German |
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Parent systems | Phoenician alphabet |
Sister system | Anglo-Saxon runes |
Child systems | Younger Futhark |
Anglo-Saxon runes | |
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ID | 2164519 |
About Elder Futhark
The Elder Futhark, Elder Fuþark, Older Futhark, Old Futhark or Germanic Futhark is the oldest form of the runic alphabets. It was a writing system used by Germanic tribes for Northwest Germanic dialects in the Migration Period, the dates of which are debated among scholars.