Phoenician

ISO 15924: PhnxAbjad3 total languages
IANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

๐คŠ๐ค‹๐ค๐ค“

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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 / Proto-Sinaitic
Geographic origin
Middle East
Usage status
Ancient script
OpenType tag
phnx
Phoenician abjad (c. 1050 BCE), descended from Proto-Sinaitic script. The ancestor of nearly all modern alphabets including Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, and the Brahmic family.

Related Scripts

HebrHebrewArabArabicGrekGreekArmiImperial AramaicSamrSamaritanLydiLydian

Unicode Blocks

PhoenicianU+10900

1 Unicode block contain Phoenician characters. Browse all Unicode blocks โ†’

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)
3

Moabite
obm
Phoenician
phn
Punic
xpu