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A Greek alphabet in the heel of Italy.
Also known as: Messapian script
The script used in ancient Apulia for Messapic, in a Greek-derived alphabet.
Writes the Messapic language of ancient Apulia.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Read fluently while the language remains poorly understood, so its inscriptions can be pronounced and largely not translated — the same state as Meroitic and Linear A, reached in a third unconnected place.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Greek-derived letters written left to right, with additional signs for sounds the Greek alphabet did not carry.