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A Greek-derived script with extra sounds.
Also known as: Lycian script
The script used in Lycia in south-western Anatolia, adapted from Greek with letters added.
Writes the Lycian language in a Greek-derived alphabet with added letters.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Added letters for nasalised vowels and other sounds Greek had no signs for, so the script records exactly where the borrowed alphabet fell short of the language taking it — the additions are a map of the mismatch.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Greek-derived letters with several additional characters for sounds Greek lacked, written left to right.