/futh/ - Futhark

Not reviving a language just using different characters to write English.

How do I translate futhark to english?

᛬ᚹᛖ᛫ᚨᚱᛖ᛫ᚾᛟᛏ᛫ᚱᛖᚹᛁᚾᚷ᛫ᚨ᛫ᛞᛖᚨᛞ᛫ᛚᚨᚾᛞᚷᚢᚨᚷᛖ᛫ᛃᚢᛊᛏ᛫ᚢᛊᛁᚾᚷ᛫ᛞᛁᚠᚠᛖᚱᛖᚾᛏ᛫ᚲᚺᚨᚱᚨᚲᛏᛟᚱᛊ᛫ᛏᛟ᛫ᚹᚱᛁᛏᛖ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᛖᚾᚷᛚᛁᛊᚺ᛫ᛚᛁᚲᛖ >>53

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>>51

>So are we reviving an ancient language here?

No, a writing system.

>Also is can we get a thread or make this thread a general information thread for Futhark?

So far most threads here are general information threads.

>Some other questions I have. Was this language before, during or after Old Norse was used widely?

Writing system, not language. But yes, it was used before and after Old Norse, and to write Old Norse specifically.

>Did vikings or certain Germanic Tribes use this?

Yes. Runes formed the basis of all Germanic writing systems before the church replaced them with a crude system based on the Latin alphabet.

>>51

>Was this language before, during or after Old Norse was used widely? Did vikings or certain Germanic Tribes use this?

Elder Futhark = pre-norse/proto-norse. Germanic tribes tier shit.

Younger Futhark = Old Norse. Viking shit.

Anglo Saxon Runes = very similar to elder futhark, but used to write old english.

Medieval Runes (various systems) = used to write older forms of the modern north germanic languages.