Carpathian Basin Rovas
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The Carpathian Basin Rovas /kaːˈpeɪθjən ˈbeɪsn rovaːʃ/ script is an extinct writing system. It was was revitalized in 2009. This scripts is a kind of the Hungarian scripts. Based on the archaeological relics the use of Carpathian Basin Rovas is proved in the 7th - 11th centuries. The clear majority of the historical texts on the relics are in Hungarian. However, there are some inscriptions also in Onogur, As-Alan, Slavic, and Eurasian Avar as well. The Carpathian Basin Rovas belongs to the family of the Rovas scripts, it is close relative to the Khazarian Rovas.
Carpathian Basin Rovas has not yet been assigned a Unicode range. There is a proposal for encoding the script:
- G. Hosszú: Proposal for encoding the Carpathian Basin Rovas script in the SMP of the UCS. National Body Contribution for consideration by UTC and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2, January 21, 2011, revised: May 19, 2011, Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set. ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N4006, http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n4006.pdf
References
- Németh, Gyula (1932): A nagyszentmiklósi kincs feliratai [The inscriptions of the Nagyszentmiklós treasure], In: Magyar Nyelv [Hungarian Language] Vol. XXVIII, N. 3-6, 1932, pp. 65–85 and 129-139.
- Bálint, Csanád (2002): A nagyszentmiklósi kincs [Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós]. In: História, Vol. 2002. No. 3, Budapest: História Foundation.
- Bóna, István (1984): A XIX. század nagy avar leletei. Die grossen Awarenfunde des 19. Jahrhunderts. Szolnok Megyei Múzeumi Évkönyv 1982-1983 (1984) pp. 81–160
- Vékony, Gábor (1987): Későnépvándorláskori rovásfeliratok a Kárpát-medencében [Rovas inscriptions from the Late Migration Period in the Carpathian Basin]. Szombathely-Budapest
- Vékony, Gábor (1987): Spätvölkerwanderungszeitliche Kerbinschriften im Karpatenbecken. Acta Acheologica Hungarica Vol. 39, pp. 211–256.
- Róna-Tas, András (1996): A honfoglaló magyar nép [The landtaking Hungarian nation]. Bevezetés a korai Magyar történelem ismeretébe [Introduction to the knowledge of the early Hungarian history]. Budapest: Balassi Kiadó, ISBN 963 506 106 4
- Hosszú, Gábor (2011): Heritage of Scribes. The Rovas Scripts’ Relations to Eurasian Writing Systems. First edition. Budapest, ISBN 978-963-88437-4-6