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| {{Multiple issues|original research =September 2007|unreferenced =December 2007|POV =May 2009}} | |||
| A so-called '''Dacian script''' and alphabet were the system of writing used by the people of ], or present-day ], before being replaced by ] due to being conquered by the ] during the reign of the Roman emperors ] and ]. Even if there is no serious reason to sustain that a true Dacian alphabet did exist, many members of the ] movement sustain such ideas, with very few arguments. | |||
| From the current discoveries, there is a certainty that the Dacians did use, however, the ] and ] alphabets in their inscriptions. The usage of the ] can be linked with the cultural diffusion which took place from the ] ] such as ], ] and ] to the ] lands, through trade and often complex diplomatic relationships. | |||
| == Dacian texts written in the Greek and Roman alphabets == | |||
| The notion that the ancient people of Dacia used a writing system is a certitude at the moment among historians. However, as hypothesised by Romanian historian ], the Dacians knew how to use at least the Greek and the Roman alphabets, as shown by the inscriptions found at ]: ''Decebalus per Scorilo'', the personal name ''Zyper'', the Greek letters from the stone bricks which once composed the wall of the fortress (at ], ], ], ]), and many more inscriptions found elsewhere (at ] – ancient ], at ], etc). Numerous short inscriptions in ] have also been discovered in ] at ], ], Dumbrava and ] by ] in different sites. It may be possible that sometimes the Dacians borrowed and used in isolated places ] signs from the neighboring ]. | |||
| == So-called Dacian texts written in unknown scripts == | |||
| There are a number of as-yet undeciphered scripts found at different places in Romania that are attributed by popular culture mostly to the Dacians, despite the fact that most of them, such as those from ], actually date from the early ]. However, no serious research has been yet made on them. | |||
| The controversial Romanian historian ] maintains that ] is written in a Dacian alphabet. The equally controversial ] ] claims the authenticity of the ], which in their turn, could contain unique Dacian scripts. | |||
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| == References == | |||
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| {{Commons|Dacian and Dacians}} | |||
| {{Dacia Topics}} | |||
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Dacian Script}} | |||
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| {{Dacia-stub}} | |||
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