Etruscan alphabet Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The Etruscan alphabet derives from the Greek, it is however not clear whether the process of adaptation took place in Italy from the first colony of Greeks, the city of Cumae, or in Greece/Asia Minor. The Etruscan was mostly written from left to right. It was in any case a Western Greek alphabet. In the alphabets of the West, X had the sound value [ks], Psi stood for [k_h]; in Etruscan: X = [s], Psi = [k_j] or [k_X] (Rix 202-209). Is this supposed to be Psi or Chi? An additional sign, 8, was present in both Lydian and Etruscan (Jensen 513) Its origin is disputed; it may be an altered B or H or an ex novo creation (Rix 202). Its sound value was /f/ and it replaced the Etruscan FH.The Unicode standard includes support for the Etruscan alphabet (your browser may or may not display the characters properly, if at all):
| Character | Appearance |
| A | 𐌀 |
| G | 𐌂 |
| E | 𐌄 |
| V/F | 𐌅 |
| DZ | 𐌆 |
| CH | 𐌇 |
| TH | 𐌈 |
| I | 𐌉 |
| K | 𐌊 |
| L | 𐌋 |
| M | 𐌌 |
| N | 𐌍 |
| P | 𐌐 |
| SH | 𐌑 |
| Q | 𐌒 |
| R | 𐌓 |
| S | 𐌔 |
| T | 𐌕 |
| U | 𐌖 |
| KS | 𐌗 |
| PH | 𐌘 |
| KH | 𐌙 |
| F | 𐌚 |