Sogdian

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DISCLAIMER: This script is still being researched

Data

ISO 15924 141 Sogd
Type Abjad
Direction RtL
Diacritics Yes, Though Use Is Inconsistent
Contextual Forms Yes
Glyphs 17
Earliest Location A watchtower of the Chinese wall west of Tun-huang.
Earliest Date 312 CE

Bibliography

Author Year Publication Publisher
Coulmas, Florian 1996 The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems, 449-487 Blackwell Publishing