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	Birthplace Of Greek Alphabet Identified
		A classics and linguistics scholar has found a bridge between the pre-alphabetic scripts of the ancient Greeks of Cyprus and the Greek alphabet -- and argues that the Mediterranean island is therefore most likely the place where the Greek alphabet was invented.
		Woodard determined that certain characteristic features of the ancient Cypriot script -- particularly its strategy for representing consonant sequences and elements of Cypriot Greek phonology -- were transferred to the new alphabetic system.
		The earliest Greek scripts were syllabic scripts, meaning that each symbol represented a syllable rather than an individual consonant or vowel.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1997-12/UoSC-BOGA-151297.php (0 words)

	Ancient history of Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Persians crushed the Cypriote armies and laid siege to the fortified towns in 498 BC.
		The Greek alphabet was introduced by Evagoras I. of Salamis, in other parts of the island, the Phoenician script (Kition) or the Cypriot syllabic alphabet was still used, either for inscriptions in the local Greek dialect (Arcadocypriot) or in the so called Eteocypriot language (Amathus).
		A great contemporary figure of Cypriot letters was the philosopher Zeno who was born at Kition about 336 and founded the famous Stoic School of Philosophy at Athens where he died about 263 BC.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ancient_history_of_Cyprus (2056 words)

	Cypriot - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Cypriot
		The Greek Cypriot government claims to be the government of all Cyprus and is generally accepted as such, except by the Turkish community.
		The Turkish Cypriots offered to hand back about 4% of the 35% of the territory they controlled and to resettle 40,000 of the 200,000 refugees who had fled to the north, but stalemate was reached on a constitutional settlement.
		A UN report, published in 1994, placed the blame for the collapse of the peace talks on the Turkish Cypriot side, and in July 1994 the European Court of Justice ruled that all direct trade between northern Cyprus and the European Union was illegal.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Cypriot (1302 words)

	History of Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Between 1955-59 EOKA was created by Greek Cypriots and led by George Grivas to perform enosis (union of the island with Greece).
		Turkey repeatedly violates numerous UN Resolutions "[[1]]" and refers to the Republic of Cyprus as the "Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus" and refuse formal recognition against the international and European law.
		Turkish Cypriots, who form 18% of the population, are guaranteed vice-presidency, three out of ten ministerial posts and 30% of jobs in the public service, 40% in the army and separate municipal services in the five major towns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Cyprus (2162 words)

	Cypriot syllabary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cypriot syllabary is a syllabic script used in Iron Age Cyprus, from ca.
		It is descended from the Cypro-Minoan syllabary, in turn a variant or derivative of Linear A.
		Most texts using the script are in the Arcadocypriot dialect, but some bilingual (Eteocypriot) inscriptions were found in Amathus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cypriot_syllabary (166 words)

	'X' Marks the Spot
		A classics and linguistics scholar has found a bridge between the pre-alphabetic scripts of the ancient Greeks of Cyprus and the Greek alphabet - and argues that the Mediterranean island is therefore most likely the place where the Greek alphabet was invented.
		Woodard determined that certain characteristic features of the ancient Cypriot script - particularly its strategy for representing consonant sequences and elements of Cypriot Greek phonology - were transferred to the new alphabetic system.
		After making the connection to the Cypriot script through the letter "x," Woodard worked on other connections, such as the fact that the Greeks had incorporated vowel characters into the Phoenician script, which only had consonant symbols.
	www.usc.edu /uscnews/stories/3208.html (0 words)

	Indus Valley Script
		This is very doubtful, because the Indo-European Brahmi script used by Aryans, was generated about a thousand years after Indus was forgotten.
		Syllabic systems like Linear B or Cypriot typically have 40 to 100 or so symbols.
		This means that the Indus script is probably logosyllabic, in that it has both signs used for their meanings, and signs used for their phonetic values.
	indoeuro.bizland.com /project/script/indus.html (563 words)

	Perhaps a draft RFC on Script codes?
		Unique identification of a script is not always straightforward and obvious; therefore a number of scripts have been listed in Annex B pending further study before codes are standardized for them.
		If a country, where the script concerned has the status of a national script, requests a certain script code, preference is given to this code whenever possible.
		NOTE 3: Within each category numeric identifiers assigned to scripts have followed a principle of chronology, and genetic relationship, though this principle cannot be established by any hard and fast rule, since scripts may have many different charac- teristics.
	www.alvestrand.no /pipermail/ietf-languages/2002-December/000507.html (1773 words)

	98.4.04
		The general facts about the spelling of clusters in these syllabic scripts have long been clear: since the scripts could only represent syllables of the shape consonant + vowel (or vowels alone), some consonants in clusters were not written, while others were written with the aid of an "empty" vowel that was not pronounced.
		It is a fact that such Cypriot signs did exist (although there is considerable debate over the value of Cypriot "z") and that they were the only cluster signs in Cypriot; in the first section of this book W presents some interesting ideas about how these signs came into being.
		In the end, both as regards the Cypriot roots of the alphabet and as regards the spelling rules of the syllabaries, I myself cannot decide whether or not W is right, but he certainly has made a good case, and one that future scholars will have to take seriously.
	omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu /mailing_lists/BMCR-L/Mirror/1998/98.4.04.html (1986 words)

	Ancient history of Cyprus at AllExperts
		The Persians crushed the Cypriote armies and laid siege to the fortified towns in 498 BC.
		The Greek alphabet was introduced by Evagoras I. of Salamis, in other parts of the island, the Phoenician script (Kition) or the Cypriot syllabic alphabet was still used, either for inscriptions in the local Greek dialect (Arcadocypriot) or in the so called Eteo-Cypriot language (Amathus).
		A fragment of the true cross was deposited by St. Helena at Tokhni, the cross of the penitent thief at Stavrovouni, which helped to relieve a terrible drought.During the 5th century AD, the church of Cyprus achieved its independence from the Patriarch of Antioch at the Council of Ephesus in 431.
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/an/ancient_history_of_cyprus.htm (2120 words)

	Hittite Rule in Cyprus
		Writing, in the form of a linear script known as Cypro-Minoan, was borrowed from Crete.
		Cypriot craftsmen were distinguished for fine jewelry, ivory-carving, and bronze figures.
		While the earliest examples, which date from as early as 1500 BC, can't be read, comparisons clearly show that the Cypriot syllabary seemed to have derived from Linear A, and so sort of like a sibling to Linear B.
	www.cypnet.co.uk /ncyprus/history/05.htm (136 words)

	Ancient Scripts: Linear B
		The script's usage spanned the time period between approximately 1500 BCE and 1200 BCE, and geographically covered the island of Crete, as well as the southern part of the Greek Mainland.
		The script was discovered by archeaologist Sir Arthur Evans in the early part of this century during excavations in Crete and the Greek mainland.
		In the case of a syllable with a initial consonant cluster, individual consonants in the cluster are written by a CV sign whose vowel matches the vowel of the syllable.
	www.ancientscripts.com /linearb.html (0 words)

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		It is possible however, that the Cypriot syllabic script influenced the development of alphabetic script in the Near East.
		After the upheavals at the end of the Bronze Age, the Aramaic language and script established itself as the language of trade and replaced which the Acadian language and its cuneiform in the Near East.
		The Aramaic language and script laid the foundation for a multitude of different alphabets in the Arabian and Indian subcontinents.
	www.zappmedia.com /adventure-language.html (0 words)

	greekworks
		Evans called the script that came from the earlier deposits Linear A and the script from the later deposits Linear B. Since the Linear B tablets were much more numerous, they held out greater hopes of decipherment.
		Another clue was provided by the later Cypriot script, which had some eight symbols that were virtually identical to eight Linear B symbols.
		One reason for this view was that the Cypriot script used the symbol se to represent the sigma that is frequently found at the end of Greek words.
	www.greekworks.com /content/index.php/weblog/extended/deciphering_europes_earliest_scripts (2020 words)

	The Controversy: Who invented the alphabet, the Phoenicians or the Greeks (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In addition to that, the actual pattern of transmission of the Phoenician script in Hellas and the further diffusion of the Hellenic alphabet in Italy and in Phrygia reveals the association of the Mediterranean commercial network with the development and transmission of the alphabet in the late Dark and Archaic Age.
		The syllabic scripts and forerunners of the alphabet-Linear A, Linear B, and the Phoenician syllabary-shared a common function.
		The patterns of the further transmission of this new phonetic script in the eighth century BC indicate that these visiting Hellenes were traders from Euboea, one of the most flourishing Hellenic regions and founder of the majority of the Hellenic colonies in the eighth and early seventh centuries BC.
	phoenicia.org /alphabetcontrov.htm (6820 words)

	ANISTORITON: An Essay (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In addition to that, the actual pattern of transmission of the Phoenician script in Hellas and the further diffusion of the Hellenic alphabet in Italy and in Phrygia reveals the association of the Mediterranean commercial network with the development and transmission of the alphabet in the late Dark and Archaic Age.
		The syllabic scripts and forerunners of the alphabet-Linear A, Linear B, and the Phoenician syllabary-shared a common function.
		The patterns of the further transmission of this new phonetic script in the eighth century BC indicate that these visiting Hellenes were traders from Euboea, one of the most flourishing Hellenic regions and founder of the majority of the Hellenic colonies in the eighth and early seventh centuries BC.
	www.anistor.co.hol.gr /english/enback/e014.htm (3684 words)

	H2G2 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This made it likely that the script was a syllabic script, where each symbol represents one syllable.
		Syllabic scripts (such as the Japanese kana system) fall in between.
		Syllabic scripts are generally used for languages where there is an alternation between consonants and vowels, such as in the words senorita and Mexico.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/pda/A4596735?s_id=3 (194 words)

	Museum of Cycladic Art
		From 709 BC onwards, the Cypriot kingdoms were forced to pay tribute to the Assyrians but remained largely independent until the island was occupied by the Persians in 526/5 BC.
		The Cypro-Classical period is characterised by the struggles of the Cypriots against the Persians, though these proved fruitless and the island remained under Persian control until the time of Alexander the Great.
		The Cypriot kingdoms ceased to exist and the Prolemies appointed a delegate, the strategos (governor-general), who was based at Salamis and later at Nea Paphos.
	www.cycladic-m.gr /en_version/zin_collection.htm (1192 words)

	Cyprus pre history
		The early Cypriot period is synchronous with the end of the EBA in Tarsus (Cilicia) ca.
		The Cypriot syllabic script was first used in early phases of the late Bronze age (LCIB) and continued in use for ca.
		Most authors claim that the Cypriot city kingdoms, first described in written sources in the 8th century BC were already founded in the 11th century BC.
	www.cypruspropertyvillas.com /cyprus/Cyprus-pre-history.htm (0 words)

	Script Mixing
		Mixed script sorting is in any case highly variable: while historically Greek and Latin script words have been kept separate, the recent trend in Greek scholarship is to weave the Greek words into the Latin sorting order via implicit transliteration.
		Which means that the manuscripts of early Byzantine legal texts are awash with script mixing; and for better or worse, their editors have respected that script mixing.
		A more mainstream instance of script mixing arises in archaic Greek inscriptions, which is the Latin script version of heta.
	www.tlg.uci.edu /~opoudjis/unicode/unicode_mixing.html (3308 words)

	Cyprus - History
		Turkish Cypriots are used as auxiliaries of British Security Forces, and become one of the major targets of the EOKA.
		Turkish Cypriots, who form 18% of the population, are guaranteed vice-presidency, three out of ten ministerial posts and 30% of jobs in the public service, 40% in the army and separate municipal services in the five major towns.
		Facing threats from Turkey the United Nations and the Cyprus government agree to allow the Turkish Cypriots living in the free areas to be transferred by the UN and British SBA authorities to the occupied north against their will.
	www.cyprus-knowledge.com /History-3.html (0 words)

	Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus \| Thematic Essay \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although the Cypriot syllabic script continued to be used and the native "Eteocypriot" tongue survived, largely as a spoken language, Greek became the dominant language.
		In ceramics, sculpture, and jewelry, the Cypriots followed the styles of the Hellenistic koine, inspired by the Alexandrian school.
		Roman involvement in Cypriot affairs began as early as 168 B.C., although Cyprus became a Roman province only in 58 B.C. During
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/hcyp/hd_hcyp.htm (584 words)

	Prehistory of Cyprus
		Cyprus was not settled in the old stone age, which led to the survival of numerous dwarf forms, such as dwarf elephants (Elephas cypriotes) and pygmy hippos (Phanourios minutis) well into the Holocene.
		The early Cypriot period is synchronous with the end of the EBA in Tarsus (Cilicia) ca.
		The Cypriot syllabic script was first used in early phases of the late Bronze age (LCIB) and continued in use for ca.
	www.mlahanas.de /Cyprus/History/PrehistoryOfCyprus.html (3072 words)

	Indus to Linear B and Cypriot
		I found the Indus script was used publicly only for a dating system all other writing's of any length on walls or durable goods was religiously prohibited.
		The reason behind the prohibition of writting can be found with the eighth Vedic prophet Manu, in the "Laws of Manu" he expressed that; it is by force that a person reads and writes (unnatural) thus it is by force a person is taught, Manu forbad this forcing upon the people.
		Around 2500 BCE Indic scribes unviel a fully developed script (there was no evolution in the script throughout the Indus piriod) that was made from the names of their constellations, these include three signs named after Manu.
	www.indoeurohome.com /Linear-B--Cypriot.html (554 words)

	Atrium
		In ceramics, sculpture, and jewelry, the Cypriots followed the styles of the Hellenistic koine, inspired by the Alexandrian school.
		Stone sculpture continued to be produced, and portraiture, especially depictions of the royal family, became the main form of representation.
		Roman involvement in Cypriot affairs began as early as 168 B.C., although Cyprus became a Roman province only in 58 B.C. During Roman rule, Paphos retained its position as the island's principal city and gained much fame from the temple of Aphrodite, which it advertised on its coinage.
	www.ancientworlds.net /member/Marius/Macaria (499 words)

	Linear B (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Linear B is a script that was used for writing Mycenaean, an early form of Greek.
		It predated the Greek alphabet by several centuries: it seems to have died out with the fall of Mycenaean civilization; the intervening period, in which there is no evidence of written language, is known as the Greek Dark Ages.
		The script appears to be related to Linear A, an undeciphered earlier script used for writing the Minoan language, and the later Cypriot syllabary; derivation from another writing system is held to be the reason for its poor compliance with the phonemic principle.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Linear-B.htm (1514 words)

	Cypriot: See what people are saying right now on Technorati (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cypriots have a passion for food Posted September 3rd, 2006 by Categories: Uncategorized...
		Inscription in the Cypriot syllabic script June 18th, 2006
		Ted Laskaris writes: The Cypriot Government could give a lesson or two to our shameful politicians, who remain tied to the myth that Greece is “too...
	technorati.com /tag/Cypriot (411 words)

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		The Ethiopic script is derived from the South Arabic script.
		SOUTH IBERIAN A partly alphabetic, partly syllabic script derived from Punic, with Greek elements, used in southern Spain and Portugal until the Roman conquest when it was replaced by Latin.
		TIBETAN a script derived from Brahmi, emerging in the 9th century A.D. a derivative of the ancient Berber script, still used by the Tuaregs, and especially by women.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/images/scripts/scriptslz.html (502 words)

	Pictures of different Scripts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The oldest example of writing in Crete is a kind of "hieroglyphic" (which means that the signs are picture-like) script.
		Linear B and Cypriot both exhibit considerable similarity to Linear A. Because of its time depth, Linear A appears to be the immediate ancestor to both of these writing systems.
		Ironically, Byblos was also home to a still poorly understood script during roughly the middle of the second millenium BCE.
	www.angelfire.com /linux/FreedomUnlimited/scripts.html (588 words)

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