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Ogham

Ogham (also ogam and ogom, /ˈɒɡəm/ OG-əm, Modern Irish: ; Middle Irish: ogum, ogom, later ogam ) is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language (scholastic ogham, 6th to 9th centuries). It was also used much less frequently to…

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Direction
Bottom-to-top, left-to-right
Languages
Primitive Irish; Old Irish; Pictish
Parent systems
Ogham ᚛ᚑᚌᚐᚋ᚜
Period
c. 4th–10th centuries
Script type
Alphabet
Unicode alias
Ogham

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Neopaganism

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Ogham

Nodes130
Edges129
Triples356
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015385
Components1

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Ogham

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related to General and cited references · 118
Ogham → Alphabet, An Edited Corpus, Ann Arbor, Antiquaries, Archaisms, Archaizing, Authenticity, Barry, Beiträge, Blackwell Publishing, Britain, Cambridge University Press, Carney, Celtiques, Charles University, Chronology, Co, Communities, Corpus, Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae
related to Neopaganism · 37
Ogham → Aegean, Although, BC, BLNFS, Celts, Dalan, Divination, Egyptians, Europe, Eventually, Finn's Window, Gaul, Graves, Greeks, He, Hebrews, However, In, Ireland, Irish Mythological Cycle
related to Legendary accounts · 32
Ogham → According, After, Alternatively, Auraicept, Babel, Beithe-luis-nuin, Bérla, Bérla Féne, Ethéoir, Fenius, Fenius Farsa, Finding, For, Gaelic, Goidelic, Goídel, Goídelc, He, In Lebor Ogaim, Lebor Gabála
related to Corpus · 28
Ogham → Clynderwen, Corcu Duibne, Cornwall, County Kerry, Coventry, Devon, Dyfed, Elder Futhark, England, Ireland, Irish, Isle, Lunnasting, Man, Monumental, Munster, Orthodox Ogham, Over, Pictish, Primitive Irish
related to Theories of origin · 25
Ogham → AD, Alternatively, Britain, Carney, Christian, In, Ireland, Irish, Irish Christian, Latin, MacNeill, McManus, Palladius, Pope Celestine, Primitive Irish, Roman, Roman Britain, Roman Empire, Romanised Britons, Romans
related to Letter names · 24
Ogham → According, All, Auraicept, Bríatharogam, Damian McManus, Flaithbheartaigh, In Lebor Ogaim, Its, Now, Ogham Book, Old Gaelic, Old Irish, Only, Primitive Irish, Ruaidhrí, Since, Some, The, The Auraicept, The Ogam Tract
related to Origins · 23
Ogham → AD, Although, Archaeological, BC, Düwel, Elder Futhark, Europe, Germanic, Greek, GW, Indeed, Irish, Irish Sea, James Carney, Latin, NG, Roman Britannia, Runic, SW, The
related to Alphabet: the Beith-luis-nin · 15
Ogham → Another, BC, Beith-luis-nin, BLFSN, Greek, However, Irish, LVS-nin, Macalister, Macalister's, Northern Italy, One, Strictly, The, There
related to Non-monumental uses · 12
Ogham → As, Beith-Luis-Nin, Gaelic, In, In Lebor Ogaim, Indeed, Irish, Latin, Medieval, Ogham Tract, Some, There
see also · 10
Ogham → Auraicept, Beirdd, Carr PendantThaana, Celtic, Gaelic, Iolo Morganwg, IrishRunic, Maldivian, Script, Welsh

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irish alphabet inscriptions old letters latin names tradition means letter scholars auraicept used ogam language also stone oclc primitive first

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
OghamDirectionBottom-to-top, left-to-right1.00infobox
OghamISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Ogam (212), ​Ogham1.00infobox
OghamLanguagesPrimitive Irish; Old Irish; Pictish1.00infobox
OghamParent systemsOgham ᚛ᚑᚌᚐᚋ᚜1.00infobox
OghamPeriodc. 4th–10th centuries1.00infobox
OghamScript typeAlphabet1.00infobox
OghamUnicode aliasOgham1.00infobox
OghamUnicode rangeU+1680–U+169F1.00infobox
Carneyinstance ofScholars0.80text
MacNeill have suggested that ogham was first created as a cryptic alphabetinstance ofScholars0.80text
designed by the Irish to hide their meaning from writers of the Latin alphabetinstance ofScholars0.80text
McManusinstance ofput forward by scholars0.80text

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