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Ogham

Ogham (also ogam and ogom, , Modern Irish: ; , later ) 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). There are roughly 400 surviving orthodox inscriptions on stone monuments throughout Ireland and western Britain, the bulk of which are in southern areas of the Irish province of Munster. The Munster counties of Cork and Kerry contain 60% of all Irish ogham stones. The largest number outside Ireland are in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Ogham is an ancient alphabet used to write Irish languages on stone monuments, primarily between the 4th and 9th centuries AD. It matters because the roughly 400 surviving ogham inscriptions on stones throughout Ireland and Britain provide important evidence of early Irish writing and language during the Early Medieval period.

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Writing system.name: Ogham ᚛ᚑᚌᚐᚋ᚜
Writing system.type: Alphabet
Writing system.time: c. 4th–10th centuries
Writing system.languages: Primitive Irish; Old Irish; Pictish
Writing system.fam1: Unknown (possibly a cipher of Latin script; see #Origins)
Writing system.sample: Ogham Stone Rathass Church Tralee Kerry.jpg
Writing system.imagesize: 240px
Writing system.caption: An inscription found in 1975 in Ratass Church, Tralee, County Kerry
Writing system.unicode: U+1680–U+169F
Writing system.iso15924: Ogam
Writing system.note: none