Etruscan alphabet
Greek, it is however not clear whether the process of adaptation took place in Italy or in Greece/Asia Minor. The Etruscan was mostly written from left to right.
It was in any case a Western Greek alphabet.
In the alphabets of the West, X had the sound value [ks], Psi stood for [k_h]; in Etruscan: X = [s], Psi = [k_j] or [k_X] (Rix 202-209).
Is this supposed to be Psi or Chi?
An additional sign, 8, was present in both Lydian and Etruscan (Jensen 513) Its origin is disputed; it may be an altered B or H or an ex novo creation (Rix 202). Its sound value was /f/ and it replaced the Etruscan FH.
The Unicode standard includes support for the Etruscan alphabet (your browser may or may not display the characters properly, if at all):
| Character
| Appearance
|
| A
| 𐌀
|
| G
| 𐌂
|
| E
| 𐌄
|
| V/F
| 𐌅
|
| DZ
| 𐌆
|
| CH
| 𐌇
|
| TH
| 𐌈
|
| I
| 𐌉
|
| K
| 𐌊
|
| L
| 𐌋
|
| M
| 𐌌
|
| N
| 𐌍
|
| P
| 𐌐
|
| SH
| 𐌑
|
| Q
| 𐌒
|
| R
| 𐌓
|
| S
| 𐌔
|
| T
| 𐌕
|
| U
| 𐌖
|
| KS
| 𐌗
|
| PH
| 𐌘
|
| KH
| 𐌙
|
| F
| 𐌚
|
