[gothic-l] Old Turkish Runic Alphabet - what are your thoughts?

[Tore Gannholm]

>Some interesting pages about an old Turkish runic alphabet:
>
>http://www.antalya-ws.com/futhark/index.htm
>http://www.turcman.btinternet.co.uk/futhark-alphabet.htm
>
>Any thoughts or responses to the Turkish connection? Did the migrant
>Goths adopt the alphabet and bring it back to their Scandinavian
>homeland? Did Gothic merchants from the homeland pick it up while
>trading and mingling with their kin in the south of Europe? Consider
>the dating of the oldest complete inscribed futhark (found on the
>island of Gotland and dating from around 100-200AD according to the
>usual estimates I have seen).

The Kylver stone as it as known as is dated to the end of the 4th century,
Whilst the Moos runes are dated to the 3rd century.
Tore


>The Christian scholars have argued
>various theories for years connecting the old alphabet to Latin,
>Greek, Etruscan, Phonecian, Hebrew and so forth. There seems to be a
>clear bias in favour of peoples identified with the Jewish-Christian
>tradition. Finding the origins of the Scandinavian futhark in a
>cultural exchange between Turks and non-Jewish-Christian Goths would
>be hard for the Abrahamic purists in Scandinavia to swallow. I would
>be interested to know your thoughts.
>
>Regards,
>Konrad.
>


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