Phoenician letter Waw
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The Phoenician letter Waw is an ancient Semitic consonant sign that historically represented a /w/ sound and served as the ancestor of several later letters, including Greek Upsilon and Latin F, V, and U.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hebrew Yod | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Phoenician letter
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Semitic consonant sign ⓘ consonant letter ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Arabic letter Waw
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Aramaic letter Waw NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek letter Upsilon NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew letter Vav ⓘ Latin letter F ⓘ Latin letter U ⓘ Latin letter V NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin letter W ⓘ Latin letter Y ⓘ Nabataean letter Waw NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan letter Waw NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac letter Waw ⓘ |
| category | ancient alphabetic character ⓘ |
| derivedInto |
Arabic script (indirectly)
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Aramaic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| function |
consonant sign
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mater lectionis for /u/ and /o/ vowels ⓘ |
| graphemicClass | radical-consonant ⓘ |
| graphemicType | consonantal sign ⓘ |
| historicalImportance | key link between Semitic and classical European alphabets ⓘ |
| influenced | development of vowel letters in Greek ⓘ |
| ISO15924 | Phnx ⓘ |
| numericValue | 6 ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Proto-Canaanite letter Waw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phoneticValue |
/u/ (mater lectionis)
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/w/ ⓘ |
| positionInAlphabet | 6 ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Levant
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eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Proto-Sinaitic letter Waw
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Ugaritic letter wa ⓘ |
| roleInHistory | source of several Greek and Latin letters ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Northwest Semitic scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptLineage | Proto-Sinaitic script → Proto-Canaanite → Phoenician letter Waw ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| transliteration | w ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlock | Phoenician NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Phoenician language
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Punic language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Phoenician alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abjad ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hebrew Yod
this entity surface form:
Hebrew Yod