Article published In:
Runic Inscriptions and the Early History of the Germanic LanguagesEdited by Robert Nedoma and Hans Frede Nielsen †
[NOWELE 73:1] 2020
► pp. 153–192
The paper investigates the potential role of the Raetic inscription corpus for the derivation of the Germanic futhark. It gives an overview of the North Italic corpora and the current state of research, focussing on the Raetic epigraphical evidence. A detailed comparison of the grapheme inventories of Raetic and Runic as well as their respective epigraphical characteristics shows that the Raetic alphabets do not serve as convincing models for the Runic script.