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Angular letters cut for wood.
Also known as: Hungarian runes
The script used for Hungarian before the Latin alphabet, and revived in the modern period.
Writes Hungarian in an angular script cut rather than written.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Displaced by the Latin alphabet with Christianisation and revived in the twentieth century as a marker of identity, so its modern use is emblematic rather than practical — the same trajectory as Baybayin and Neo-Tifinagh recorded earlier this sprint.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Angular letters of straight cut strokes written right to left, with ligatures joining frequent letter pairs.