We'd like to use analytics cookies to understand which symbols people look up, so we know what to research next. They are not used for advertising and we set none of them unless you say yes. What we store.
An alphabet that punctuated its syllables.
Also known as: Venetic alphabet
The script used in north-eastern Italy for Venetic, with a distinctive syllabic punctuation.
Writes the Venetic language of north-eastern Italy.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Marks syllable structure with dots around letters that are not syllable-initial, so the script records a phonological analysis its neighbours' alphabets do not — punctuation used for structure rather than for pause.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Old Italic letters written with dots placed around letters that do not begin a syllable, giving the text a heavily punctuated appearance.