{"title":"Ongunkan Ogham","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis font is a Latin-based, Unicode version of the Ogham alphabet, used to write the Old Irish language. It can be used on Latin keyboards and Ogham virtual keyboards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOgham (\/ˈɒɡəm\/ OG-əm, Modern Irish: [ˈoː(ə)mˠ]; Middle Irish: ogum, ogom, later ogam [ˈɔɣəmˠ] is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the \"orthodox\" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries CE), and later the Old Irish language (scholastic ogham, 6th to 9th centuries). There are roughly 400 surviving orthodox inscriptions on stone monuments throughout Ireland and western Britain, the bulk of which are in southern Munster. The largest number outside Ireland are in Pembrokeshire, Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vast majority of the inscriptions consist of personal names.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to the High Medieval Bríatharogam, the names of various trees can be ascribed to individual letters. For this reason, ogam is sometimes known as the Celtic tree alphabet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe etymology of the word ogam or ogham remains unclear. One possible origin is from the Irish og-úaim 'point-seam', referring to the seam made by the point of a sharp weapon.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.myfonts.com\/de\/collections\/ongunkan-ogham-font-runic-world-tamgac.oembed","provider":"MyFonts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}