List of Inventors of Writing Systems - O

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• Odin/*Wōdanaz - the chief god in Scandinavian/Germanic paganism (The poem Hávamál)Runic alphabet Futhark (Later Futhorc) c. 150 AD (?) per tradition.
• Ogma - legendary Irish deified chieftain, also ascribed invention of Ogham writing c. 1875 BC (?) according to tradition.
• Ong Kommadam - Laotian freedom fighter, developed the Khom script, first used 1926.
• Osman Yusuf Kenadid - Somali, invented Osmanya script c. 1921.