Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
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The Northwest Semitic alphabetic script is an early family of consonantal writing systems used in the ancient Near East that gave rise to later scripts such as Phoenician, Aramaic, and Hebrew.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6466784 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script Context triple: [Deir Alla dialect, writingSystem, Northwest Semitic alphabetic script]
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Proto-Canaanite script
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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Ugaritic alphabet
The Ugaritic alphabet is an ancient cuneiform script used in the city of Ugarit to write the Ugaritic language, notable as one of the earliest known alphabetic writing systems.
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Samaritan script
The Samaritan script is an ancient consonantal writing system used by the Samaritan community to write their version of Hebrew and Aramaic, preserving a distinct tradition separate from mainstream Jewish scripts.
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Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is an ancient consonantal writing system developed by the Phoenician civilization that became the ancestor of most major modern alphabets, including Greek, Latin, and Arabic.
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Aramaic alphabet (historically)
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script Target entity description: The Northwest Semitic alphabetic script is an early family of consonantal writing systems used in the ancient Near East that gave rise to later scripts such as Phoenician, Aramaic, and Hebrew.
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A.
Proto-Canaanite script
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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B.
Ugaritic alphabet
The Ugaritic alphabet is an ancient cuneiform script used in the city of Ugarit to write the Ugaritic language, notable as one of the earliest known alphabetic writing systems.
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C.
Samaritan script
The Samaritan script is an ancient consonantal writing system used by the Samaritan community to write their version of Hebrew and Aramaic, preserving a distinct tradition separate from mainstream Jewish scripts.
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D.
Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is an ancient consonantal writing system developed by the Phoenician civilization that became the ancestor of most major modern alphabets, including Greek, Latin, and Arabic.
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E.
Aramaic alphabet (historically)
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
consonantal script
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writing system family ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Arabic alphabet
NERFINISHED
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Aramaic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyrillic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ Nabataean alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Italic scripts ⓘ Phoenician alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ South Arabian script NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType | consonants only ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Early alphabetic script
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Proto-Sinaitic script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evidenceType | epigraphic inscriptions ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | extinct as a living script ⓘ |
| influenced |
Aramaic script tradition
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Hebrew script tradition ⓘ Phoenician script tradition ⓘ |
| notableFeature | one of the earliest fully developed consonantal alphabets ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Canaanite alphabet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Canaanite script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptClass | West Semitic script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptFamilyOf |
Ammonite script
NERFINISHED
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Aramaic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Byblian script NERFINISHED ⓘ Edomite script NERFINISHED ⓘ Moabite script NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Hebrew alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Paleo-Hebrew script NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenician alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Phoenician script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 1st millennium BCE
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late 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| usedByLanguage |
early Canaanite
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early Hebrew ⓘ early Phoenician ⓘ |
| usedByLanguageFamily | Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Levant
NERFINISHED
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ancient Near East ⓘ |
| vowelNotation | vowels generally not written ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystemScope | family of related local alphabets ⓘ |
| writingSystemType |
alphabetic
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consonantal ⓘ |
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Subject: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script Description of subject: The Northwest Semitic alphabetic script is an early family of consonantal writing systems used in the ancient Near East that gave rise to later scripts such as Phoenician, Aramaic, and Hebrew.
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