Old South Arabian

ISO 15924: SarbAbjad2 total languages
IANA registered: 30 July 2009

Example text

𐩫𐩡𐩨𐩧

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
South Semitic
Geographic origin
Middle East / East Africa
Usage status
Ancient script
OpenType tag
sarb
Old South Arabian (Musnad), used across the ancient Arabian Peninsula (c. 900 BCE – 600 CE). Ancestor of the Ethiopic (Ge'ez) script.

Related Scripts

EthiEthiopic (Geʻez)TfngTifinagh (Berber)

Unicode Blocks

Old South ArabianU+10A60

1 Unicode block contain Old South Arabian characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →

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

Hadrami
xhd
Sabaean
xsa