Writing Systems

PunicinPhoenician

xpu·PhnxAbjadRTLMultiple-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 639-3xpuStatusHistoricalScopeIndividualScripts used1
Script
ISO 15924PhnxFamilySemitic / Proto-SinaiticOriginMiddle EastDirectionRight-to-leftStatusAncient scriptOpenType tagphnx

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.

Other languages using Phoenician

MoabiteobmPhoenicianphn
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