Southeastern Iberian script

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/southeastern-iberian-script

1. What is the Southeast Iberian script?
2. How is the Southeast Iberian script different from the Northeastern Iberian script?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the Southeast Iberian script?It is an ancient writing system from Iberia that is only partly understood. It was used to write the Iberian language.
2. How is the Southeast Iberian script different from the Northeastern Iberian script?Both use similar signs, but the same sign can mean a different sound. The Southeast script does not show the vowel marks that the Northeastern script has.

Iberian Language: An extinct non-Indo-European language spoken in eastern and northeastern Iberia before Roman conquest.
Tartessian Language: An extinct language of the Iberian Peninsula, known from inscriptions in the Southwestern Iberian script, whose classification is uncertain.
Vocalic Redundancy: The presence of inherent or explicitly marked vowels in syllabic signs, which can aid in phonetic interpretation.
Epigrapher: An expert who studies ancient inscriptions, especially on stone or metal.