THE CARBONARO ALPHABET

THE CARBONARO ALPHABET WAS A SUBSTITUTION CIPHER USED BY A SECRET SOCIETY ESTABLISHED IN NAPLES

 

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURY CALLED CARBONERIA.

 

THIS CODE WAS BASED ON THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE LETTERS WHICH WERE CHANGED WITH THOSE WITH

 

SIMILAR SOUND IN THE ITALIAN ALPHABET.

  

CLEAR  ALPHABET:  A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R/S/T/U/V/Z 

                                                  

CODED ALPHABET:  O/P/G/T/I/V/C/H/E/R/N/M/A/B/Q/L/Z/D/U/F/S

 

EXAMPLE:

 

CLEAR  TEXT: HELLO DEAR FRIEND COME AT THE CINEMA

 

CODED TEXT: HIRRA TIOL VLEIMT GANI OD DHI GEMINO

 

IT CAN BE CRACKED USING A BRUCE FORCE ATTACK OR STUDYING THE FREQUENCY ANALYSIS