Runes

The runes are a family of closely related scripts, historically common in northern Europe and neighbouring areas. They appear to share a close affinity with, although this is currently an open question.

Non-Germanic runes
Scholars limit the term "runes" to historical Germanic runic scripts. However, there are many scripts that superficially resemble runes. It's possible to encounter "Hungarian runes" for example. Academics avoid calling these scripts "runes", to prevent any unfortunate conclusion. The adjective "runiform", as in, "in the form of runes", is used to describe these kinds of writing systems. Old Turkic and Old Hungarian, as well as hoaxes like Russian runes or Coelbren y Beirdd are all runiform scripts.