It’s older, and it “speaks” in an unclear language. On one side of the stone ... at least 15 of the 24 known characters in the elder futhark appear, suggesting this runestone could have ...

Runes are ancient letters belonging to the corresponding runic alphabets that were used as an Anglo-Saxon written language system ... "is found in numerous Elder Futhark runic inscriptions of ...

This was the first language written in runic inscriptions, or the ancient Scandinavian alphabet containing about 24 letters and referred to as Elder Futhark. The oldest such writing yet discovered ...

The comb shows the development from the Elder Futhark into the Younger Futhark ... Before that, you’d have to call them proto-Vikings and their language Proto-Norse. There are about 6 ...