Aramaic alphabet (historically)

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Semitic script abjad writing system

The Aramaic alphabet is an ancient consonantal script that originated in the Near East and became a major writing system of the Semitic world, serving as the ancestor of many later Middle Eastern and Central Asian alphabets.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Aramaic alphabet 23
Aramaic script 13
Syriac alphabet 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic script ⓘ
abjad ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
ancestorOf Arabic alphabet (indirectly via Nabataean) ⓘ
Avestan script ⓘ
surface form: Avestan alphabet

Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Mandaic alphabet ⓘ
Manichaean script ⓘ
Classical Mongolian script ⓘ
surface form: Mongolian script

Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
Old Turkic script ⓘ
Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
Pahlavi scripts ⓘ
Palmyrene alphabet ⓘ
Sogdian alphabet ⓘ
East Syriac script ⓘ
surface form: Syriac alphabet
derivedFrom Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
directionality right-to-left ⓘ
historicalRole lingua franca script of the Near East ⓘ
historicalStatus extinct as primary script ⓘ
influenced Central Asian writing systems ⓘ
Middle Eastern writing systems ⓘ
numberOfLetters 22 ⓘ
originPlace Ancient Mediterranean world ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Near East
originRegion Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
relatedTo Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
Syriac alphabet ⓘ
represents consonants ⓘ
scriptCategory abjad ⓘ
scriptFamily Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Semitic scripts
standardizedAs Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Aramaic script
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
unicodeScriptName Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
surface form: Imperial_Aramaic
usedBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Achaemenid administration

Arameans ⓘ
usedForLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
surface form: Aramaic language

Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
various Northwest Semitic languages ⓘ
vowelNotation matres lectionis for some vowels ⓘ
primarily absent ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingMedium clay tablets ⓘ
papyrus ⓘ
parchment ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystemType consonantal script ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Semitic languages → writingSystemUsed → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
Phoenician alphabet → ancestorOf → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Phoenician alphabet → ancestorOf → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac alphabet
Phoenician civilization → influenced → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Syriac → writingSystem → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syriac alphabet
Hebrew alphabet → derivedFrom → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Gematria → appliesTo → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Aramaic → hasWritingSystem → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Northwest Semitic → writingSystem → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic script
Edomite → writingSystem → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Proto-Canaanite script → ancestorOf → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Nabataean alphabet → follows → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Nabataean alphabet → derivedFrom → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Arabic alphabet → ultimatelyDerivedFrom → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Phoenician language → ancestorOf → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
East Syriac script → parentSystem → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic script
Estrangela script → scriptFamily → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic script
Parthian Empire → writingSystem → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic script
Jewish printing → usesScript → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic script
Seleucid Empire → usedScript → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic script
Avestan script → influencedBy → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic script
Kharoṣṭhī script → derivedFrom → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic script
Middle Persian language → primaryScriptOrigin → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
subject surface form: Middle Persian
this entity surface form: Aramaic script
Pahlavi script → derivedFrom → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic script
Brahmi → influencedBy → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic script
Arameans → writingSystem → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Old Uyghur alphabet → scriptLineage → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Palmyrene alphabet → subclassOf → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic script
Palmyrene alphabet → derivedFrom → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Mandaic alphabet → scriptFamily → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic script
Mandaic alphabet → developedFrom → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Syriac alphabet → scriptFamily → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Palestinian Aramaic dialects → writingSystem → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Canaanite languages → writingSystem → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Palmyrene Aramaic → derivedFrom → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Proto-Canaanite language → influenced → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Persian court → usedWritingSystem → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia → writingSystem → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin → influenced → Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aramaic alphabet