Northwest Semitic alphabetic script

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consonantal script writing system family

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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Northwest Semitic scripts 2
Northwest Semitic alphabet 1
Northwest Semitic alphabetic scripts 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf consonantal script ⓘ
writing system family ⓘ
ancestorOf Arabic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Proto-Sinaitic script NERFINISHED ⓘ
evidenceType epigraphic inscriptions ⓘ
historicalStatus extinct as a living script ⓘ
influenced Aramaic script tradition ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
late 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
usedByLanguage early Canaanite ⓘ
early Hebrew ⓘ
early Phoenician ⓘ
usedByLanguageFamily Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInRegion Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Near East ⓘ
vowelNotation vowels generally not written ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystemScope family of related local alphabets ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabetic ⓘ
consonantal ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Deir Alla dialect → writingSystem → Northwest Semitic alphabetic script ⓘ
Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic alphabetic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Semitic scripts
Lachish ewer inscription → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic alphabetic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Semitic alphabet
Mediterranean alphabet → derivesFrom → Northwest Semitic alphabetic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Semitic consonantal script tradition
Nabataean inscriptions → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic alphabetic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Semitic script
Ras Shamra tablets → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic alphabetic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Semitic alphabetic scripts
block script (Ktav Ashuri) → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic alphabetic script ⓘ
subject surface form: Block script (Ktav Ashuri)
this entity surface form: Northwest Semitic scripts