Writing Systems

SamaritaninSamaritan

smp·SamrAbjadRTLMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

GlotScript records this relationship through multiple-source attestation. Present-day usage, official status, region and dates are unknown here unless separately sourced. How to interpret the evidence.

Language
ISO 639-3smpStatusExtinctScopeIndividualScripts used3
Script
ISO 15924SamrFamilySemitic / PhoenicianOriginMiddle EastDirectionRight-to-leftStatusLiving scriptOpenType tagsamr

Samaritan script, a direct descendant of the ancient Paleo-Hebrew/Phoenician script. Used by the Samaritan community for religious texts. One of the oldest scripts still in active liturgical use.

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