Proto-Canaanite script

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Northwest Semitic script alphabet consonantal alphabet writing system

Proto-Canaanite script is an early Northwest Semitic writing system that represents one of the first true alphabets and the ancestor of the Phoenician and many later alphabetic scripts.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Proto-Sinaitic script 2
Early Canaanite script 1
Proto-Canaanite aleph 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Semitic script ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ
consonantal alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
surface form: Early Canaanite script

Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Sinaitic-derived Canaanite script
ancestorOf Arabic script ⓘ
Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Aramaic alphabet

Greek alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script

Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
derivedFrom Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
developedFrom Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
developedInto Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script

Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
endTime circa 10th century BCE ⓘ
circa 11th century BCE ⓘ
graphemeInventory consonant signs only ⓘ
historicalSignificance ancestor of most modern alphabetic scripts ⓘ
one of the earliest true alphabets ⓘ
influenced Old Italic script ⓘ
surface form: Old Italic scripts

South Arabian script ⓘ
Runic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: runic alphabet
mainUsage inscriptions ⓘ
notableInscription Lachish ewer inscription ⓘ
Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions ⓘ
Wadi el-Hol inscriptions ⓘ
numberOfLetters approximately 22 ⓘ
phonographicType segmental ⓘ
region Canaan ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
scriptType consonantal ⓘ
startTime circa 18th century BCE ⓘ
circa 19th century BCE ⓘ
subclassOf abjad ⓘ
timePeriod Late Bronze Age ⓘ
late Middle Bronze Age ⓘ
unicodeStatus not encoded as a separate script in Unicode ⓘ
usedFor Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Canaanite languages

early Northwest Semitic languages ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystemFamily Northwest Semitic ⓘ
writingSystemStage early form of Phoenician alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Proto-Canaanite script → alsoKnownAs → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Early Canaanite script
Proto-Canaanite script → alsoKnownAs → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Sinaitic-derived Canaanite script
Phoenician alphabet → derivedFrom → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
Ayin → hasLineage → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
Egyptian hieroglyphs → influenced → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Sinaitic script
Aleph → originatesFrom → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Canaanite aleph
Phoenician alphabet → relatedTo → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Sinaitic script
Ugaritic alphabet → relatedTo → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Canaanite alphabet
Canaanites → writingSystem → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ