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Younger Futhark reduced runes to 16 characters amid evolving Old Norse phonetics
10 Jan 2026
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What was a significant consequence of reducing the Elder Futhark's 24 characters to the Younger Futhark's 16 characters during the transition to Old Norse?
The number of runes increased to represent more phonemes in Old Norse.
The Younger Futhark introduced new runes to represent long and short vowels distinctly.
The writing system lost the ability to distinctly represent all phonemes, causing different sounds to be written the same way.
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