Nabatean alphabet
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| Nabataean | ||
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| Type | Abjad | |
| Spoken languages | Nabataean language | |
| Time period | 2nd century BC to 4th century AD | |
| Parent systems | Proto-Canaanite alphabet → Phoenician alphabet → Aramaic alphabet → Syriac alphabet → Nabataean |
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| Child systems | Arabic alphabet | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
| History of the alphabet |
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Middle Bronze Age 19 c. BCE
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| Meroitic 3 c. BCE |
| Ogham 4 c. CE |
| Hangul 1443 CE |
| Canadian syllabics 1840 CE |
| Zhuyin 1913 CE |
| complete genealogy |
The Nabatean alphabet is a consonantal alphabet (abjad) that was used by the Nabateans in the 2nd century BC. Important inscriptions are found in Petra. The alphabet is descended from the Aramaic alphabet via the Syriac alphabet. It in turn developed into the Arabic alphabet from the 4th century, which is why its letterforms are intermediate between the more northerly Semitic scripts (such as the Hebrew) and Arabic.
| Nabatean | Name | Arabic Alphabet |
Hebrew Alphabet |
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Aleph | ﺍ | א |
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Bet | ﺑ | ב |
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Gimel | ﺟ | ג |
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Dal | ﺩ | ד |
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Ha | ﻫ | ה |
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Waw | ﻭ | ו |
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Zayn | ﺯ | ז |
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Ħa | ﺣ | ח |
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Ṭaa | ﻁ | ט |
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Yaa | ﻯ | י |
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Kaf | ﻛ | כ |
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Lam | ﻟ | ל |
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Meem | ﻣ | מ |
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Noon | ﻧ | נ |
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Sin | ﺳׂ | שׂ |
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'in | ﻋـ | ע |
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Fa | ﻓـ | פ |
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Ṣad | ﺻ | צ |
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Qaf | ﻕ | ק |
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Ra | ﺭ | ר |
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Shin | ﺷ | שׁ |
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Ta | ﺕ | ת |
[edit] See also
| The Northwest Semitic abjad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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