Phoenician Alphabet
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Languages | Punic |
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Parent systems | Egyptian |
Direction | Right-to-left |
Sister system | Ancient South Arabian script |
Child systems | Aramaic alphabet |
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ID | 2164485 |
About Phoenician Alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is an alphabet of abjad type, consisting of 22 consonant letters only, leaving vowel sounds implicit, although certain late varieties use matres lectionis for some vowels.