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Hmm so how are runes any different to an alphabet then? Each one has a sound, and largely corresponds to the Latin alphabet. I thought runes were like pictogra
by smegel 11y ago
Hmm so how are runes any different to an alphabet then? Each one has a sound, and largely corresponds to the Latin alphabet.
I thought runes were like pictographs, each one had a meaning, and maybe several readings or sounds.
- k8tte 11y ago> I thought runes were like pictographs, each one had a meaning, and maybe several readings or sounds. various hieroglyphic writing systems are pictographics. runes are not
- smegel 11y agoSo what are runes then? Does the Latin alphabet consist of runes?
- ars 11y agoRunes to you sound like mystical shapes, or words or something. It's not so. It is simply the name of an alphabet, much like you have Cyrillic, Latin, Hebrew, Coptic, etc. You have Runic. That's all. It's just the name for an alphabet.
- jkot 11y agoRunes are derived from Roman alphabet. 2000 years ago there was strong contact between Rome empire and 'German' tribes. Many nordict people worked in Rome army, latter they even occupied Sicily.