Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin
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Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin is an early consonantal sign in the Proto-Sinaitic script that represents a voiced pharyngeal or glottal sound and is the ancestor of the Semitic letter ʿayin found in later alphabets such as Phoenician and Hebrew.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phoenician letter ʿayin | 2 |
| Phoenician letter Ayin | 1 |
| Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Proto-Sinaitic letter
ⓘ
consonantal sign ⓘ grapheme ⓘ |
| ancestorOf | Semitic letter ʿayin ⓘ |
| associatedLanguageFamily |
Northwest Semitic
ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Semitic languages
|
| category | Semitic epigraphy ⓘ |
| chronology | Middle Bronze Age ⓘ |
| correspondsToInArabic | Arabic ʿayn (ع) ⓘ |
| correspondsToInHebrew |
HEBREW LETTER AYIN
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew ʿayin (ע)
|
| correspondsToInPhoenician |
HEBREW LETTER AYIN
ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenician ʿayin (𐤏)
|
| dateRange | circa 19th–15th century BCE ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Egyptian hieroglyphic sign for eye ⓘ |
| function | consonant marker ⓘ |
| graphemicStatus | distinct consonant sign ⓘ |
| graphemicType | pictographic-derived letter ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arabic alphabet
ⓘ
Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
surface form:
Aramaic alphabet
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ Phoenician alphabet ⓘ |
| linguisticDomain | historical linguistics ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | from Proto-Semitic *ʕayn ‘eye’ ⓘ |
| originOf |
Arabic letter ʿayn (ع)
ⓘ
HEBREW LETTER AYIN ⓘ
surface form:
Aramaic letter ʿayin
Geʿez letter ʿayn (ዐ) ⓘ Hebrew letter ʿayin ⓘ Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenician letter ʿayin
South Arabian letter ʿayin ⓘ |
| phoneticValue |
/ʕ/
ⓘ
pharyngeal fricative ⓘ |
| pictographicOrigin | eye ⓘ |
| region |
Levant region
ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
Sinai Peninsula ⓘ |
| represents |
glottal consonant
ⓘ
voiced pharyngeal consonant ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Proto-Canaanite script
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Canaanite scripts
|
| scriptType | consonantal alphabet ⓘ |
| semanticValue | eye ⓘ |
| studyField |
Semitic philology
ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ paleography ⓘ |
| usedIn | Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Proto-Canaanite script
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Sinaitic script
|
| writingSystemStage | early alphabetic ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Phoenician letter Ayin
this entity surface form:
Phoenician letter ʿayin
subject surface form:
Hebrew letter Ayin
this entity surface form:
Phoenician letter ʿayin