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Phoenician alphabet

The Phoenician alphabet is an abjad (consonantal alphabet) that was used across the Mediterranean civilization of Phoenicia for most of the 1st millennium BC. It was one of the first alphabets, attested in Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions found across the Mediterranean basin. In the history of writing systems, the Phoenician script also marked the…

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Child systems
Aramaic · Greek · Paleohispanic · Paleo-Hebrew · ? Libyco-Berber
Direction
Right-to-left
Languages
Phoenician, Hebrew, Punic, Old Aramaic, Ammonite, Moabite, Edomite, Old Arabic
Parent systems
Proto-SinaiticPhoenician script · Phoenician script
Period
c. 1050–146 BC[a]
Script type
Abjad

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Phoenician alphabet

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Edges163
Triples130
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Aramaic-derived · 24
Phoenician alphabet → AD, Arabic, Aramaic, BC, By, Hebrew, Israelite, It, Jewish, Jews, Middle East, Nabataean, Old Hebrew, Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus, Persian, Phoenician, Proto-Canaanite, Qumran Caves, Second Temple, Syriac
related to Origin · 19
Phoenician alphabet → Ahiram, BC, Bethlehem, Bronze Age, Byblian, Byblos, Canaan, Khader, Late Bronze Age, Lebanon, Middle, Phoenician, Proto-Canaanite, Proto-Sinaitic, Sinai Peninsula, Syro-Hittite, The, The Ahiram, The Phoenician
related to Spread and adaptations · 17
Phoenician alphabet → Anatolian, Another, BC, Beginning, Byblos, Carthage, Egypt, Egyptian, Greek, Later, Lebanon, Mediterranean, North Africa, Old Italic, Phoenician, Southern Europe, The
related to External links · 14
Phoenician alphabet → Ancient Hebrew, Ancient Scripts, Aramaic, Coins, Free-Libre GPL2 Licensed Unicode, Judaea Coin Archive, Omniglot, Paleo-Hebrew Abjad, PDF, Phoenician, Phoenician FontGNU FreeFont Unicode, Phönizisch TTF-Font, Proto-Hebrew, Unicode
related to Early Semitic scripts · 11
Phoenician alphabet → BC, Hebrew, It, Paleo-Hebrew, Phoenician, Proto-Sinaitic, South Arabian, The Geʽez, The Paleo-Hebrew, The Samaritan, The South Arabian
related to Modern rediscovery · 10
Phoenician alphabet → Champollion, Egyptian, However, Hyksos, It, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Phoenicians, Proto-Sinaitic, The, The Phoenician
related to Letter names · 9
Phoenician alphabet → According, Egyptian, For, Phoenician, Proto-Canaanite, Semitic, Theodor Nöldeke, These, This
related to Samaritan alphabet · 8
Phoenician alphabet → Aramaic, Hebrew, Israelite, Phoenician, Samaritan, Samaritans, The Phoenician, The Samaritans
Child systems · 5
Phoenician alphabet → ? Libyco-Berber, Aramaic, Greek, Paleo-Hebrew, Paleohispanic
Parent systems · 2
Phoenician alphabet → Phoenician script, Proto-SinaiticPhoenician script

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phoenician alphabet script greek aramaic used bc hebrew writing century derived scripts letters inscriptions alphabets systems write letter also paleo-hebrew

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Phoenician alphabetChild systemsAramaic1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetChild systemsGreek1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetChild systemsPaleohispanic1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetChild systemsPaleo-Hebrew1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetChild systems? Libyco-Berber1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetDirectionRight-to-left1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Phnx (115), ​Phoenician1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetLanguagesPhoenician, Hebrew, Punic, Old Aramaic, Ammonite, Moabite, Edomite, Old Arabic1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetParent systemsProto-SinaiticPhoenician script1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetParent systemsPhoenician script1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetPeriodc. 1050–146 BC[a]1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetScript typeAbjad1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetSister systemsSouth Semitic1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetUnicode aliasPhoenician1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetUnicode rangeU+10900–U+1091F1.00infobox
Phoenician alphabetis aabjad0.90text
Phoenician alphabetis adirect continuation of the0.90text

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