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🧑‍🌾 A person from Caria 🏺 From ancient Caria 🗣️ An old language 🔤 An old writing
Carian

Carian

9.9
Ancient alphabet for writing the language of Caria
  • noun
  • Specialized
: escritura caria
  • The museum's exhibit features several artifacts with Carian writing from the first millennium BCE.

Examples

  • Archaeologists discovered a stone tablet inscribed with the Carian script near the ancient city.

  • Linguists are still working to fully decipher the Carian alphabet and its unique symbols.

  • The Carian script is fascinating to linguists.

  • Many ancient artifacts feature Carian inscriptions.

  • Archaeologists discovered a stone tablet inscribed with the Carian script near the ancient city.

  • The museum's exhibit features several artifacts with Carian writing from the first millennium BCE.

  • Linguists are still working to fully decipher the Carian alphabet and its unique symbols.

Surface Forms

Carian singular
Carians plural

Morphology

Carian = Caria (transparent) = Caria + an

The script name is formed from the place name 'Caria' with the suffix '-an', a straightforward morphological derivation.

Etymology

Carian comes from Caria, the place where people used a special set of signs for writing, so the Carian script means 'writing from Caria' and refers to the old alphabet used there.