South Semitic alphabet — any of a group of minor scripts originating in the Arabian (Arabia, history of) Peninsula in about 1000 BC, possibly related to the writing system used in the Sinaitic inscriptions. These scripts, most of which were used only in the Arabian … Universalium
alphabet — /al feuh bet , bit/, n. 1. the letters of a language in their customary order. 2. any system of characters or signs with which a language is written: the Greek alphabet. 3. any such system for representing the sounds of a language: the phonetic… … Universalium
Semitic Epigraphy — • Discussion of the science by this name Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Semitic Epigraphy Semitic Epigraphy † … Catholic encyclopedia
Phoenician alphabet — writing system that developed out of the North Semitic alphabet and was spread over the Mediterranean area by Phoenician traders. It is the probable ancestor of the Greek alphabet and, hence, of all Western alphabets. The earliest… … Universalium
Greek alphabet — Writing system developed in Greece с 1000 BC, the direct or indirect ancestor of all modern European alphabets. Derived from the North Semitic alphabet via that of the Phoenicians, it modified an all consonant alphabet to represent vowels.… … Universalium
Ugaritic alphabet — ▪ writing system cuneiform writing system used on the Syrian coast from the 15th to 13th century BC. It is believed that it was invented independent of other cuneiform writing systems and of the linear North Semitic alphabet, though… … Universalium
Latin alphabet — the alphabetical script derived from the Greek alphabet through Etruscan, used from about the 6th century B.C. for the writing of Latin, and since adopted, with modifications and additions of letters such as w, by the languages of Western Europe … Universalium
North Syrian Arabic — Spoken in Syria Language family Afro Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic … Wikipedia
North Mesopotamian Arabic — Spoken in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey Native speakers 6,300,000 (date missing) Language family Afro Asiatic … Wikipedia
Aramaic alphabet — noun Date: 1890 1. an extinct North Semitic alphabet dating from the ninth century B.C. which was for several centuries the commercial alphabet of southwest Asia and the parent of other alphabets (as Syriac and Arabic) 2. the square Hebrew… … New Collegiate Dictionary