The Szekler Alphabet’s origin is parallel with the homo sapiens sapiens’ inhabitation of Eurasia and America.
Paleolithic
The first signs of the Szekler alphabet have already existed during the coldest period of the ice age (approximately 50 000 years ago). The most important of these is the “f” (föld – Earth) sign. This sign is the map of the created and ordered world (the Eden surrounding the Ararat mountains). The reason why this sign can be found in many ethnicitie's symbolism, is because it was developed when the ancestors of these people lived in this Eden, what we could call a “common homeland” (100-50,000 years ago, during the priod of integracials).
The antecedent of the Szekler alphabet was able to spread to areas in Eurasia close to where the ice boundaries ended, and to America. This can be prooved by the 20-20 formal similarities between the signs of Mas d'Azil, signs by Native Americans and the Szekler alphabet.
The beginnings of the fonetical Joma liturgy could be placed during the times at the end of the Palaeolithic. It kept the name of the “ruler” of the Eden during the Palaeolithic in the north eastern parts of Eurasia and America. With the help of the Szekler alphabet the text “Joma földje – Joma's Land” can be read and partially understood, the text which have survived in Eurasian and American copies.
The writing technique of the Palaeolithic was the sand-dispersal, painting and the signs carved into stone by hitting it with rocks. The okker, or sand-dispersal findings can be seen in graves. The Tibetan and Native American mandalas' sand-dispersal technique has most likely developed from the “writing” of the Palaeolithic.
Neolithic
The people spreading out from the Middle East joined the groups earlier mentioned, and connected cultures. It is likely that during the beginning , the same or related writing styles were used in Eurasia and in America. The explanation that can be given why the letters and signs have not changed, is due to the religious meanings of them, which did not allow radical changes. Therefore the development of writing has kept the pre-Szekler alphabet in the form which was used religious ceremonies.
The oldest known archaeological finding, on which readable writing can be seen, is the 7,500 years old cow statue from Szentgyörgyvölgy. The statue is a model of the universe, on which we can see how people imagined the world and god. On it the “szár – stem”, “sarok – corner”, “ég - sky”, “Ten” words are visible. These “sz”, “s”, “g” and “nt, tn” letters are also present in the today known Szekler alphabet, and have developed from these old writings.
The many times mentioned clay tablets from Tatárlaka (Tataria) also contain letters which can be found in the Szekler alphabet, but many of them have foreign origin. According to András Záhonyi`s theory, the tablets are maps of the stars – representing a view of the universe - and he is most likely right. It can also be added, that the reason why many of the letters/symbols are similar to ones of Sumerian origin, because the constellation representation was widely known and used among many people. The design of the circular tablet matches the letter “f” (Föld – Earth) in the Szekler alphabet. This fact proves that the tablet from Tatárlaka represents a view of the universe.
Letter from the Szekler alphabet also match other written findings within the Carpathian-basin and surrounding areas, such as the ones from Tordos-Vincsa, Cucuteni, and Karanovo.
The writing technologies from the Palaeolithic – based on archeological findings – also include carving into clay.
Metal-age
The metal works from the metal-age made it possible for the runic writing to develop, since stone knifes were most likely not good for carving letters into wood. Due the technique used for writing, the shape of letters and the direction which they are written have also changed. Earlier writing was done from left to right, that changed to right to left (in case of carving into wood). The old symbolic ligatures and painted symbols/letters the original left to right writing direction was kept. An example of this is the writing on the bowl from Afrasijabi (X.th century).
On the area of Eden, the knowledge of the pre-Szekler alphabet was kept for very long. Writings from this central area from different ages are visibly related to the Szekler alphabet. This is why in many writing styles (Hettit hieroglyphs, hieroglyphs from Urartu, symbols from Tepe Vahjai, etc.) there are approximately 20-20 similar symbols, which in some cases even have similarities in meaning and in sounding. The earliest historical resources remembered that this writing was developed by ancestors of the Hungarians. According to Phoenician tradition, the Phoenicians got their writing from the Taautos – “tátos, táltos” in Hungarian, who are shamans.
According to Chinese chronicles, the Chinese people learned how to write from the ancestors of the Huns. “Culture originates from the wise rulers of the beginnings, from whom the Xia Dynasty originates from, whom are ancestors of the Huns”. Evidence for this is the fact that relations with the Chinese and Chukch writings, Siberian cave drawings, and Scythian and Hun written findings are all in support of this Chinese chronicle.
Based on archaeological findings, the nomad people from the steppes knew and used the Szekler alphabet. The Szekler alphabet used by Scythians, Huns, Avars, and Magyars was again present within the Carpathian-basin, where it was known from earlier times as well.
Written findings by the Huns include the Joma liturgy of a Hun crown from Aluchajdengi; the Hun badge from Budapest, on which the word “North “ (Eszak in Hungarian) can be seen written with Szekler letters. Around 531 A.D., during the Oazis of Merv, the saint crown (Szent Korona) was made for the Huns, on which the script “great king: great land” can be read written with the Joma liturgy. The Avars who lived during the Magyar conquest of the IX.th century, made a nozzle with Szekler letters on it. It has survived the centuries, and was found in Bodrog-alsóbű. The golden bowls and other findings from Nagyszentmiklos are also made by the Avars. On these findings it's not the runes that can be identified with the Szekler writing, but the religious symbols and characters, which have not yet been analyzed accordingly and well enough.
The Huns and Avars used the pre-Szekler alphabet all over the Carpathian-basin, written in a syllabifying style.
Age of the classical Szekler Alphabet
The writing was kept alive by the Szeklers in Transylvania. Over time the syllabifying way of writing slowly became effaced, but not fully forgotten. However after King Attila's death there were still sentence and words signs being used.
At the end of the period (during present times) the “modern users” of the Szekler alphabet garble its characteristics. Instead of the symbol orders of the Szekler alphabet the latin order is being used; the sentence and word signs are also questionable; and there is a new rule regarding the usage of mirror images of letters.
Today the original runic technologies have effaced, and have been taken over by writing on paper and using computer software. During the time of transitions – accordingly to what is used to write with and write on - paper, stone plates, and so on, the left to right direction of writing is being more commonly used. Two or three devotees of the “modern” usage – a group that spreads this popular fallacy – holds on to the right to left writing on paper. The potters and egg painters who hold on to the old traditions, still use the left to right way of writing.
The archaeological findings of the classical Szekler alphabet include the scripture from Alsószentmihály; the brick with Szekler writing on it from Székelyderzs; the scripture from Dálnok, Bögöz, Csík, Constantinople; the calendar of the Marsigli count; the alphabet from Nikolsburg; ceiling painting from Ènlaka.
