Ogham Alphabet

The Ogham/Ogam language uses an alphabet composed mainly of 20 basic symbols corresponding to certain letters of the classical Latin alphabet. There are sometimes other rare symbols that appear in manuscripts that are combinations of letters.

The encryption is performed by a replacement of the Ogham symbols by 20 letters of the alphabet.

Example: CELT is written horizontally or vertically :

dCode replaces the missing Latin letters with others: J=>I, K=>Q, P=>NG, V=>U, W=>U, X=>Z.

Some Oghamic writing have been written from top to bottom and not from bottom to top.

Ogham reading/decryption requires the correspondence between the letters of the alphabet Ogham our usual Latin alphabet.

Example: is decoded OGHAM

The Ogham symbols generally follow a vertical or horizontal line. The message is composed of bars, sticks, horizontal and vertical lines.

The writing can be vertical or horizontal.

The Ogham alphabet is included in the Unicode standard, here are the characters:

About the 4th century