The alphabet of the Caucasian Albanians, one of the Ibero-Caucasian peoples, ancient and indigenous population of modern Azerbaijan and Daghestan is also called the Albanian alphabet (in addition to that of the modern country of Albania; see Albanian alphabet). This alphabet (with 52 letters) was invented in the 6th century AD on basis of the Georgian Asomtavruli and was discovered in 1937 by the noted Georgian scholar, Professor Ilia Abuladze.

Literature

• Ilia Abuladze. "About the discovery of the alphabet of the Caucasian Albanians".- "Bulletin of the Institute of Language, History and Material Culture (ENIMK)", Vol. 4, Ch. I, Tbilisi, 1938