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There are at least three known scripts which were used by Hungarians during their history.<ref>Hosszú, Gábor (2011): Heritage of Scribes. The Rovas Scripts’ Relations to Eurasian Writing Systems. First edition. Budapest, ISBN 978-963-88437-4-6</ref> Their scripts are called Rovas Scripts. The comprehensive view of the Rovas alphabets was introduced first at the end of the twentieth century by the archaeologist-historian Gábor Vékony.<ref>Vékony, Gábor (1987): Későnépvándorláskori rovásfeliratok a Kárpát-medencében [Rovas inscriptions from the Late Migration Period in the Carpathian Basin]. Szombathely-Budapest: Életünk szerkesztősége. ISBN: 978-963-025-132-7</ref> He gave transcriptions of [[Carpathian Basin Rovas]] and [[Khazarian Rovas]] inscriptions by using Rovas alphabets cognate to each other.<ref>Vékony, Gábor (2004): A székely írás emlékei, kapcsolatai, története [The Relics, Relations and the History of the Szekely Script]. Budapest: Nap Kiadó. ISBN 963 9402 45 1</ref> The close relation of Carpathian Basin Rovas to [[Szekely-Hungarian Rovas]] has been shown by Gyula Németh in 1932.<ref>Németh, Gyula (1932): A nagyszentmiklósi kincs feliratai [The inscriptions of the Nagyszentmiklós treasure], In: Magyar Nyelv [Hungarian Language]. Vol. XXVIII, No. 3-6, 1932, pp. 65-85 and 129-139</ref> Moreover, according to the archaeologist-historian István Erdélyi the Khazarian Rovas is related to Carpathian Basin Rovas and Szekely-Hungarian Rovas.<ref>Erdélyi, István (1982): Az avarság és Kelet a régészeti források tükrében [The Avars and the East in the mirror of the archaeological sources]. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó [Publisher of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences], ISBN 963 05 2705 7</ref>

There are at least three known scripts which were used by [[Hungarian]]s during their history.<ref>Hosszú, Gábor (2011): Heritage of Scribes. The Rovas Scripts’ Relations to Eurasian Writing Systems. First edition. Budapest, ISBN 978-963-88437-4-6</ref> Their scripts are called Rovas Scripts. The comprehensive view of the Rovas alphabets was introduced first at the end of the twentieth century by the archaeologist-historian Gábor Vékony.<ref>Vékony, Gábor (1987): Későnépvándorláskori rovásfeliratok a Kárpát-medencében [Rovas inscriptions from the Late Migration Period in the Carpathian Basin]. Szombathely-Budapest: Életünk szerkesztősége. ISBN 978-963-025-132-7</ref> He gave transcriptions of [[Carpathian Basin Rovas]] and [[Steppean Rovas]] inscriptions by using Rovas alphabets cognate to each other.<ref>Vékony, Gábor (2004): A székely írás emlékei, kapcsolatai, története [The Relics, Relations and the History of the Szekely Script]. Budapest: Nap Kiadó. ISBN 963 9402 45 1</ref> The close relation of Carpathian Basin Rovas to [[Szekely-Hungarian Rovas]] has been shown by Gyula Németh in 1932.<ref>Németh, Gyula (1932): A nagyszentmiklósi kincs feliratai [The inscriptions of the Nagyszentmiklós treasure], In: Magyar Nyelv [Hungarian Language]. Vol. XXVIII, No. 3-6, 1932, pp. 65-85 and 129-139</ref> Moreover, according to the archaeologist-historian István Erdélyi the Steppean Rovas is related to Carpathian Basin Rovas and Szekely-Hungarian Rovas.<ref>Erdélyi, István (1982): Az avarság és Kelet a régészeti források tükrében [The Avars and the East in the mirror of the archaeological sources]. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó [Publisher of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences], ISBN 963 05 2705 7</ref>

==The members of Rovas Script Family==

==The members of Rovas Script Family==

A number of officially acknowledges researchers have already agreed in the strong relation of the '''Rovas scripts'''. Some of them are the followings:

A number of officially acknowledges researchers have already agreed in the strong relation of the '''Rovas scripts'''. Some of them are the followings:

* The archaeologist-historian '''István Erdélyi''' (doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) showed that the Khazarian Rovas is related to CBR and SHR.<ref>Erdélyi, István (1982): Az avarság és Kelet a régészeti források tükrében [The Avars and the East in the mirror of the archaeological sources]. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó [Publisher of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences], ISBN 963 05 2705 7</ref>

* The archaeologist-historian '''István Erdélyi''' (doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) showed that the Steppean Rovas is related to CBR and SHR.<ref>Erdélyi, István (1982): Az avarság és Kelet a régészeti források tükrében [The Avars and the East in the mirror of the archaeological sources]. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó [Publisher of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences], ISBN 963 05 2705 7</ref>

* The close relation of CBR to SHR has been shown by linguist '''Gyula Németh''' in 1932.<ref>Németh, Gyula (1932): A nagyszentmiklósi kincs feliratai [The inscriptions of the Nagyszentmiklós treasure], In: Magyar Nyelv [Hungarian Language]. Vol. XXVIII, No. 3-6, 1932, pp. 65-85 and 129-139</ref>

* The close relation of CBR to SHR has been shown by linguist '''Gyula Németh''' in 1932.<ref>Németh, Gyula (1932): A nagyszentmiklósi kincs feliratai [The inscriptions of the Nagyszentmiklós treasure], In: Magyar Nyelv [Hungarian Language]. Vol. XXVIII, No. 3-6, 1932, pp. 65-85 and 129-139</ref>

* '''András Róna-Tas''' Turkologist (member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences): According to him, the Bodrog-Alsóbű Szekely-Hungarian Rovas relic is an important chain between the [[Rovas_Script_Family|East-European scripts]] and the [[Szekely-Hungarian Rovas|Szekely script]].<ref>Magyar Kálmán (2001): Szent István államszervezésének régészeti emlékei, Kaposvár-Segesd: Local Government of Segesd</ref>

* '''András Róna-Tas''' Turkologist (member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences): According to him, the Bodrog-Alsóbű Szekely-Hungarian Rovas relic is an important chain between the East-European scripts and the [[Szekely-Hungarian Rovas|Szekely script]].<ref>Magyar Kálmán (2001): Szent István államszervezésének régészeti emlékei, Kaposvár-Segesd: Local Government of Segesd</ref>

* '''Klára Sándor''' linguist (PhD)<ref>Sándor Klára (1992a, ed.), Rovásírás a Kárpát-medencében. Library of the Hungarian Ancient History 4. Szeged: József Attila University of Sciences, Department of Altayistics</ref>

* '''Klára Sándor''' linguist (PhD)<ref>Sándor Klára (1992a, ed.), Rovásírás a Kárpát-medencében. Library of the Hungarian Ancient History 4. Szeged: József Attila University of Sciences, Department of Altayistics</ref>

* The comprehensive view of the Rovas alphabets was introduced first at the end of the twentieth century by the archaeologist-historian '''Gábor Vékony''' (1944-2004, PhD, Assoc. Prof. of the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.<ref>Vékony, Gábor (1987): Későnépvándorláskori rovásfeliratok a Kárpát-medencében [Rovas inscriptions from the Late Migration Period in the Carpathian Basin]. Szombathely-Budapest: Életünk szerkesztősége. ISBN: 978-963-025-132-7</ref> He gave transcriptions of CBR and KR inscriptions by using Rovas alphabets cognate to each other.<ref>Vékony, Gábor (2004): A székely írás emlékei, kapcsolatai, története [The Relics, Relations and the History of the Szekely Script]. Budapest: Nap Kiadó. ISBN 963 9402 45 1</ref>

* The comprehensive view of the Rovas alphabets was introduced first at the end of the twentieth century by the archaeologist-historian '''Gábor Vékony''' (1944-2004) PhD, Assoc. Prof. of the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.<ref>Vékony, Gábor (1987): Későnépvándorláskori rovásfeliratok a Kárpát-medencében [Rovas inscriptions from the Late Migration Period in the Carpathian Basin]. Szombathely-Budapest: Életünk szerkesztősége. ISBN 978-963-025-132-7</ref> He gave transcriptions of CBR and KR inscriptions by using Rovas alphabets cognate to each other.<ref>Vékony, Gábor (2004): A székely írás emlékei, kapcsolatai, története [The Relics, Relations and the History of the Szekely Script]. Budapest: Nap Kiadó. ISBN 963 9402 45 1</ref>

===[[Carpathian_Basin_Rovas|Carpathian Basin Rovas script]]===

===[[Carpathian Basin Rovas|Carpathian Basin Rovas script]]===

* Its first relic is from the last third of the 7th century.

* Its first relic is from the last third of the 7th century.

* Periods of use:

* Periods of use:

** Revitalized in 2009

** Revitalized in 2009

===[[Khazarian_Rovas|Khazarian Rovas script]]===

===[[Steppean Rovas|Steppean Rovas script]]===

* Its first relic is from the 7th century.

* Its first relic is from the 7th century.

* Periods of use:

* Periods of use:

** Between the 8th century and the 11th or 13th century

** Between the 8th century and the 11th or 13th century

===[[Szekely-Hungarian_Rovas|Szekely-Hungarian Rovas script]]===

===[[Szekely-Hungarian Rovas|Szekely-Hungarian Rovas script]]===

* Its first relic is from around 900.

* Its first relic is from around 900.

* Period of use:

* Period of use:

** Used continously from the 8th or 9th century.

** Used continuously from the 8th or 9th century.

** Popular contemporary writing as alternative for latin based script

** Popular contemporary writing as alternative for Latin-based script

* Erdélyi, István and Ráduly, János (2010): A Kárpát-medence rovásfeliratos emlékei a Kr. u. 17. századig [The relics of the Carpathian Basin with Rovas inscriptions up to the 17th century]. Ed. István Erdélyi. Budapest: Masszi Kiadó. ISBN 978-963-9851-28-3

* Erdélyi, István and Ráduly, János (2010): A Kárpát-medence rovásfeliratos emlékei a Kr. u. 17. századig [The relics of the Carpathian Basin with Rovas inscriptions up to the 17th century]. Ed. István Erdélyi. Budapest: Masszi Kiadó. ISBN 978-963-9851-28-3

* Juhász, Irén (1983): Ein Avarenzeitlicher Nadelbehälter mit Kerbschrift aus Szarvas. In: Acta Acheologica 35 (1983), p. 34

* Juhász, Irén (1985): A szarvasi avar rovásírásos tűtartó [The Avar need-case of Szarvas with Rovas script]. Magyar Tudomány [Journal of the Hungarian Science], 85:2, pp. 92-95

* Juhász, Irén (1983): Ein Avarenzeitlicher Nadelbehälter mit Kerbschrift aus Szarvas. In: Acta Acheologica 35 (1983), p.&nbsp;34

* Németh, Gyula (1917-1920): A régi magyar írás eredete [The origin of the ancient Hungarian script]. In: Nyelvtudományi Közlemények, vol. XLV, pp. 31–44

* Juhász, Irén (1985): A szarvasi avar rovásírásos tűtartó [The Avar need-case of Szarvas with Rovas script]. Magyar Tudomány [Journal of the Hungarian Science], 85:2, pp.&nbsp;92–95

* Németh, Gyula (1917-1920): A régi magyar írás eredete [The origin of the ancient Hungarian script]. In: Nyelvtudományi Közlemények, vol. XLV, pp.&nbsp;31–44

* Vékony, Gábor (1987): Spätvölkerwanderungszeitliche Kerbinschriften im Karpatenbecken. In: Acta Archeologica Hungarica. Vol. 39, 211-256.

* Vékony, Gábor (1987): Spätvölkerwanderungszeitliche Kerbinschriften im Karpatenbecken. In: Acta Archeologica Hungarica. Vol. 39, 211-256.

* Róna-Tas, András (1996): A honfoglaló magyar nép [The landtaking Hungarian nation]. Bevezetés a korai Magyar történelem ismeretébe [Introduction to the knowledge of the early Hungarian history]. Budapest: * Balassi Kiadó, ISBN 963 506 106 4

* Róna-Tas, András (1996): A honfoglaló magyar nép [The landtaking Hungarian nation]. Bevezetés a korai Magyar történelem ismeretébe [Introduction to the knowledge of the early Hungarian history]. Budapest: * Balassi Kiadó, ISBN 963 506 106 4

* Rovas Writing Home Page: http://rovasirashonlap.fw.hu

* Rovas Writing Home Page: http://rovasirashonlap.fw.hu

* Rovas Info: http://rovas.info

* Rovas Info: http://rovas.info

See detailed references on pages of [[Carpathian Basin Rovas]], [[Khazarian Rovas]], [[Szekely-Hungarian Rovas]]

See detailed references on pages of [[Carpathian Basin Rovas]], and [[Steppean Rovas]]

 

* Dr. Hosszú, Gábor (Hungarian Standards Institute) [http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n4183.pdf Proposal for encoding the Szekely-Hungarian Rovas, Carpathian Basin Rovas and Khazarian Rovas scripts into the Rovas block in the SMP of the UCS]. National Body Contribution for consideration by UTC and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2, 2011. December 15

== Notes ==

== Notes ==

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