Abjad
E318980
Abjad is a type of writing system that primarily represents consonants, leaving most vowels unmarked or optional.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abjad canonical | 1 |
| Abjad system | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
consonant-based script
ⓘ
writing system type ⓘ |
| canDevelopInto |
abugida through systematic vowel diacritics
ⓘ
alphabet through increased vowel marking ⓘ |
| characteristic | vowels are mostly unmarked or optional ⓘ |
| classificationInLinguistics | segmental writing system ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
abugida
ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ syllabary ⓘ |
| definedAs | a writing system that primarily represents consonants ⓘ |
| designPrinciple | economy of symbols by omitting most vowels ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy | systematic omission of short vowels ⓘ |
| etymologyFrom | Arabic word ʾabjad ⓘ |
| etymologyMeaning | derived from the old order of the Arabic alphabet letters: alif, bāʾ, jīm, dāl ⓘ |
| exampleScripts |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Hebrew script ⓘ Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Aramaic script
Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Nabataean script
Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenician script
Syriac alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac script
|
| graphemicInventoryFocus | consonantal phonemes ⓘ |
| graphemicUnit | consonant letters ⓘ |
| historicalInfluenceOn |
Greek alphabet
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ many modern alphabetic scripts ⓘ |
| historicalOriginRegion | Ancient Near East ⓘ |
| mayInclude | matres lectionis to mark some vowels ⓘ |
| notableFeature | orthographic ambiguity in vowel quality ⓘ |
| readingRequires | knowledge of language and context ⓘ |
| scriptFamilyAssociation | Semitic scripts ⓘ |
| suitableFor | languages with consonantal root morphology ⓘ |
| termIntroducedBy | Peter T. Daniels ⓘ |
| termIntroductionField | writing system typology ⓘ |
| typicalLanguages |
Arabic
ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Phoenician language ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenician
Syriac ⓘ Ugaritic ⓘ |
| typicalMorphology | root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ |
| usedForSacredTexts |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Quran ⓘ
surface form:
Quran (in Arabic script)
|
| usedIn | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| vowelMarkingSystems |
harakat in Arabic
ⓘ
niqqud in Hebrew ⓘ |
| vowelRepresentation |
vowels indicated by optional diacritics
ⓘ
vowels sometimes inferred from context ⓘ |
| writingDirection | usually written from right to left ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Abjad system