The Old Hungarian script is an alphabetic writing system used by the Hungarians before the 10th century. In modern Hungarian, the script is known as rovásírás, or székely rovásírás, székely-magyar rovás; for short also simply rovás "notch, score") Because it is superficially reminiscent of the runic alphabet, the Old Hungarian script has also been described as "runic" or "runiform".
The script is thought to be derived from the Old Turkic script, ...
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The Old Hungarian script is an alphabetic writing system used by the Hungarians before the 10th century. In modern Hungarian, the script is known as rovásírás, or székely rovásírás, székely-magyar rovás; for short also simply rovás "notch, score") Because it is superficially reminiscent of the runic alphabet, the Old Hungarian script has also been described as "runic" or "runiform".
The script is thought to be derived from the Old Turkic script, and was probably in use by the 9th century. The Hungarians settled the Pannonian plain in 895. When the Kingdom of Hungary was established in AD 1000 and Christianity was adopted, the Latin alphabet was adopted and the script fell into disuse. In remote regions of Transylvania, however, the script remained in marginal use by the Székely Magyars at least into the 17th century, giving it the name székely rovásírás.
The script is adapted to the phonology of the Hungarian language, featuring letters for phonemes such as cs, gy, ly, ny, ö, sz, ty,...
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