 Unlike the Carian alphabet, which had an "f" derived from Φ, the Lydian "f" has the peculiar "8" shape also found in the Etruscan alphabet.In addition two digraphs, "aa" and "ii", appear to be allophones of [a] and [i] under speculative circumstances, such as lengthening from stress.Complex consonant clusters often appear in the inscriptions and, if present, an epenthetic schwa was evidently not written