Elder to Younger Futhark: New evidence for why the runes changed (April Fools 2026) @JacksonCrawford
Elder to Younger Futhark: New evidence for why the runes changed (April Fools 2026) @JacksonCrawford
Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Why did Old Norse speakers give up the 24-letter Elder Futhark runic alphabet to adopt the inadequate 16-letter Younger Futhark runes? New evidence is making it clearer that it may have been due to foreign influence from a neighboring civilization that used an 8-letter alphabet.
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Elder to Younger Futhark: New evidence for why the runes changed (April Fools' 2026)

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