The Development of the Germanic Script

Language of germanic tribes - firstly, alphabets, which used those tribes; secondly, the main written records. Old English scribes used two kindes of letters: the runes and the letters of the Latin alphabet. Runic inscriptions, Ulfila`s Gothic alphabet.

Рубрика Иностранные языки и языкознание
Предмет English
Вид эссе
Язык английский
Прислал(а) Ирина
Дата добавления 13.01.2011
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