Semitic script
C7425
concept
A Semitic script is a writing system historically used for Semitic languages, typically characterized by consonant-based alphabets (abjads) written from right to left.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Semitic script canonical | 6 |
| Phoenician letter | 5 |
| Syriac script variant | 4 |
| Hebrew script | 2 |
| North Arabian script | 2 |
| Northwest Semitic inscription | 2 |
| historical writing system family | 2 |
| Hebrew cipher | 1 |
| Northwest Semitic alphabet | 1 |
| Northwest Semitic epigraphic texts | 1 |
| Syriac script | 1 |
| West Semitic inscriptions | 1 |
| ancient North Arabian script | 1 |
| consonant-based script | 1 |
| consonantal script | 1 |
| logoconsonantal script | 1 |
Instances (31)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Atbash | Hebrew cipher |
| Samaritan script | — |
| Mesha Stele | Northwest Semitic inscription |
| Khirbet al-Mudayna inscriptions | Northwest Semitic epigraphic texts |
| South Arabian script | — |
| Mediterranean alphabet | historical writing system family |
| Syriac alphabet | — |
| West Syriac script | Syriac script variant |
| Serto script | Syriac script variant |
| Madnhaya script | Syriac script variant |
|
Aramaic alphabet (historically)
surface form:
Aramaic alphabet
|
— |
| Phoenician Pe | Phoenician letter |
| Abjad | consonant-based script |
| Phoenician Yodh | Phoenician letter |
|
STaM (Torah scroll script)
surface form:
STaM
|
Hebrew script |
|
block script (Ktav Ashuri)
surface form:
Block script (Ktav Ashuri)
|
Hebrew script |
| Estrangela script | Syriac script |
| Phoenician letter Waw | Phoenician letter |
| East Syriac script | — |
| Egyptian hieroglyphs | logoconsonantal script |
| Northwest Semitic alphabetic script | consonantal script |
| Balaam inscription | Northwest Semitic inscription |
| Landa scripts | historical writing system family |
| Dadanitic | ancient North Arabian script |
| Thamudic | North Arabian script |
| Safaitic script | North Arabian script |
|
Pe
surface form:
Phoenician Pe
|
Phoenician letter |
| Khirbet Ataruz inscriptions | West Semitic inscriptions |
| Paleo-Hebrew script | Northwest Semitic alphabet |
| Phoenician letter heth | Phoenician letter |
| Aramaic script | — |