Old Hungarian Script (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Old Hungarian script is an alphabetic writing system used by the Magyars in the Early Middle Ages. Because it is reminiscent of the runic alphabet, the Old Hungarian script has also popularly been called "Hungarian runes" or "Hungarian runic script." The script is thought to be derived from the Old Turkic script, and probably first appeared during the 7th century. The Hungarians settled the Pannonian plain in 895. With the establishment of the Kingdom of Hungary in AD 1000 and the adoption of the Latin alphabet with Christianization, the script fell into disuse, although in remote regions of Transylvania, it remained in marginal use into the 17th century at least.