Imperial Aramaic

ISO 15924: ArmiAbjad2 total languages
IANA registered: 5 December 2007

Example text

π‘Šπ‘‹π‘π‘“

Rendered using a Noto web font where available; falls back to system fonts.

Writing Direction
Direction
Right-to-left
RTL
Yes
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt
RTL value derived from Unicode CLDR script metadata.
Script Properties
Family
Semitic / Aramaic
Geographic origin
Middle East
Usage status
Ancient script
OpenType tag
armi
Imperial Aramaic abjad, the administrative lingua franca of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (6th–4th century BCE). Ancestor of Arabic, Hebrew (square script), Syriac, and many other scripts.

Related Scripts

PhnxPhoenicianHebrHebrewArabArabicSyrcSyriacNbatNabataeanPalmPalmyreneMandMandaic, Mandaean

Unicode Blocks

Imperial AramaicU+10840

1 Unicode block contain Imperial Aramaic characters. Browse all Unicode blocks β†’

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
2

Western Neo-Aramaic
amw
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
arc