Younger Futhark
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The Younger Futhark is the runic alphabet used in Scandinavia during the Viking Age, from about the 8th to the 11th century A.D., in what are now Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and wherever Vikings traveled. It is no longer used.
It developed from the Elder Futhark but reduced the number of runes from 24 to 16, even though the language had more sounds. It had two main forms: the long-branch (Danish) runes and the short-twig (Swedish-Norwegian) runes. Thousands of rune stones in this alphabet survive, especially in Sweden.
It developed from the Elder Futhark but reduced the number of runes from 24 to 16, even though the language had more sounds. It had two main forms: the long-branch (Danish) runes and the short-twig (Swedish-Norwegian) runes. Thousands of rune stones in this alphabet survive, especially in Sweden.
- Language Family
- Indo-European
- Subgroup
- Germanic
- Branch
- North Germanic