| Elbasan alphabet 𐔀𐔁𐔇𐔝𐔀𐔙𐔎𐔀 𐔍 𐔇𐔐𐔁𐔀𐔛𐔀𐔓𐔍𐔝 | |
|---|---|
| Script type | Alphabet
|
Time period | 18th century |
| Direction | Left-to-right  |
| Languages | Albanian |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Elba (226), Elbasan |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Elbasan |
| U+10500 – U+1052F[1] | |
The Elbasan alphabet is a mid 18th-century alphabetic script created for the Albanian language Elbasan Gospel Manuscript,[2]: 3 also known as the Anonimi i Elbasanit ("the Anonymous of Elbasan"), which is the only document written in it.[2]: 3 The document was created at St. Jovan Vladimir's Church in central Albania, but is preserved today at the National Archives of Albania in Tirana. The alphabet, like the manuscript, is named after the city of Elbasan, where it was invented, and although the manuscript isn't the oldest document written in Albanian,[3] Elbasan is the oldest out of seven[2]: 4 known original alphabets created for Albanian.[2]: 3 Its 59 pages contain Biblical content written in a script of 40 letters,[2]: 3 of which 35 frequently recur and 5 are rare.
- ^ Final Accepted Script Proposal
- ^ a b c d e Elsie, Robert (1995). "The Elbasan Gospel Manuscript (Anonimi i Elbasanit), 1761, and the struggle for an original Albanian alphabet" (PDF). Südost-Forschungen. 54. Regensburg: Südost-Institut: 105–159. ISSN 0081-9077.
- ^ Benjamin w. Fortson, IV (7 September 2011). Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction. ISBN 9781444359688.