Runic

ISO 15924: RunrAlphabet18 total languages
IANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

ᚠᚢᚦᚨᚱᚲᚷᚹᚺᚾᛁᛃᛇᛈᛏᛒᛖᛗᛚᛜᛞᛟ

Rendered using a Noto web font where available; falls back to system fonts.

Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt
LTR value derived from Unicode CLDR script metadata.
Script Properties
Family
Germanic / Latin
Geographic origin
Europe
Usage status
Historical script
OpenType tag
runr
Runic alphabets (futhark), used by Germanic peoples from approximately the 2nd to 18th century CE. Descended from the Old Italic (Etruscan/Raetic) alphabet.

Related Scripts

LatnLatinItalOld Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)

Unicode Blocks

RunicU+16A0

1 Unicode block contain Runic characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
8

Old English (ca. 450-1100)
ang
English
eng
Middle English (1100-1500)
enm
Langobardic
lng
Old Norse
non
Norn
nrn
Old Frisian
ofs
Kuman (Russia)
qwm

Single-source attestation (AUX)
10

Danish
danSingle source
German
deuSingle source
Faroese
faoSingle source
Icelandic
islSingle source
Low German
ndsSingle source
Norwegian
norSingle source
Elfdalian
ovdSingle source
Scots
scoSingle source
Swedish
sweSingle source
Upper Saxon
sxuSingle source