Alphabet Key To History Of Mankind

Author(s): David Diringer
Publisher: Hutchinsons Scientific and Technical Publications

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INDEX U.S.S.R., 567 f.; see also Russian Visayans, see Bisaya script Uthark, 515; see also Runes
Visigothic, 544, 548 f.; see also Goths Utkala; see Ganjam
Viteliu; see Italy Uttarapatha; see Aryavarta
Viterbo, 494, 496 Uwet, 149
Vocalization, 15, 164, 166, 176, 217 f., Uyanga; see Uguakima
231, 264 fr., 275 f., 283 ff., 288, 291, Uzbek Turkish, Uzbekistan (U.S.S.R.), 298 ff., 303 f., 321, 335, 392, 405, 407. 24 f., 310, 568
412, 416 ff., 426, 429, 431, 436, 438, 443, 453, 455 f., 531, 554
Về-Chanh inscription, 403 VAAL River, 24
Værces Patak; see Alburnus Major Vadgaon-Madhavapur, 337
Vogul, 483 (Vathi, Vahie, Va-1,) Vai, 178 ff.
Volapük, 559 Valencia, 251
Volga, 319, 483, 568 Vallabhesvara; see Pulikesin I
Volhynia, 511 Valley of the Writings; see Wadi Volterra (Leaden tablet of), 490 Mukattab
Votiaks, 29, 482 Vama (Bari), 181
Vowel-letters, - marks; see Vocalization Van; see Urarthæns and Cuneiform Vowel-mutation, 518 ff. writing
Vowel-representation (English), 555, Vanavasi, 410 Vaniai script; see Sarafi
Vramshapukh (King), 322 (Vardhamana) Mahavira; see Jina Vy; see Vai Varella (Cape), 403
Vyatka (Region), 482 Vartashen, 327 Vases (Script of the), 108 Vasudeva, 343
WADI es-sir; see 'Araq el-Emir Vatsa, 343
Wadi Mukattab, 268 Vatteluttu script, 331, 385 ff., 396 Wagi, see Buginese Vava (King), 424
Waihu; see Easter Island Vedic literature, 329, 333 F., 409 Wales, 525, 528 f.; see also Oghams Vei, Vesey, Vey; see Vai
and Welsh Veii; sec Formello
(Warnpom, Wampon.) Wampum, 28 Vellum, 449, 540 f.
Wangai script, 376 Venetia, Venice, 485, 498, 511, 552 Wang Hsi-chih, 108 Venetian minusculæ; see Italics
Wang Jen, 169 Venetic alphabet, 471, 495 f., 498 ff.,501 Waniko, 377; see also Landa scripts Vengi, 345, 380 f., 423
Wan-shin, 4+2 Venosa, 261
Warka; see Uruk Vera-Cruz, 123
Washington, 28 f. Verona inscriptions, 500
Wasms (Signs); see Wusum Verrius Flaccus, 538
Waterford (County), 525 Vertical systems of writing; see Di- "Water People"; see Pu-shui rection of writing
Wax, 540 ff. Veso Bey, 488
Weber Collection, 352 Vestergatland, 513
Wedge-script; see Cuneiform writing Veteroslavonic; see Old Bulgarian
Weili (King), 147 Vetulonia stele, 491, 495
Welsh, 37. 121, 525; see also Wales Vicenza (Province), 500
Wen, 519, 546 f. Vie; sce Vai
Wên, 110 Vienna, 473, 509
Wends, 483 Vijaya, 387
West, 221, 277, 285, 449, 572 Viking Norse, 518, 520
Western) Africa, Asia, Church, Vikrarna era, 344
- Europe, -Germanic, etc.; sce Vilankulam (Ceylon), 388
Africa, Asia, Church, Europe, etc. Villa Alta dialect, 123
Western Hia; see Si Hia Vi-mose inscription, 508 f.
West Indies, 119 Vinaya, 329, 332
West Syrian; see Jacobites and Melkites Vindhya mountain ranges, 341, 398 Wheel-oghams, 529