Paleohispanic scripts

Paleohispanic scripts
Script type	Semisyllabary
Time period	c. 700 or 500–100 BC
Region	Iberian Peninsula and Aquitaine (southern France)
Languages	Aquitanian, Celtiberian, Gallaecian, Iberian, Lusitanian, Sorothaptic, Tartessian
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian hieroglyphs[1] Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician script Paleohispanic scripts
Child systems	Southwestern script Southeastern Iberian script Northeastern Iberian script Celtiberian script
Sister systems	Greco-Iberian alphabet
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Nphn (146), ​N Palaeohispanic Sphn (147), ​S Palaeohispanic
Unicode
Unicode range	U+10200 to U+1023F Northern Palaeohispanic, U+10240 to U+1027F Southern Palaeohispanic
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The Paleohispanic scripts are the writing systems created in the Iberian Peninsula before the Latin alphabet became the dominant script. They derive from the Phoenician alphabet, with the exception of the Greco-Iberian alphabet, which is a direct adaptation of the Greek alphabet. Some researchers believe that the Greek alphabet may also have played a role in the origin of the other Paleohispanic scripts. Most of these scripts are notable for being semi-syllabic rather than purely alphabetic.

Paleohispanic scripts are known to have been used from the 5th century BCE—possibly as early as the 7th century, according to some researchers—until the end of the 1st century BCE or the beginning of the 1st century CE. They were the primary scripts used to write the Paleohispanic languages.