Proto-Canaanite script

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Proto-Canaanite script is an early Northwest Semitic writing system that represents one of the first true alphabets and the ancestor of the Phoenician and many later alphabetic scripts.

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Generate an image of Proto-Canaanite script (Proto-Canaanite script is an early Northwest Semitic writing system that represents one of the first true alphabets and the ancestor of the Phoenician and many later alphabetic scripts.)

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Semitic script ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ
consonantal alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Early Canaanite script ⓘ
Proto-Sinaitic-derived Canaanite script ⓘ
ancestorOf Arabic script ⓘ
Aramaic alphabet ⓘ
Greek alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
Paleo-Hebrew script ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew alphabet

Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
derivedFrom Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
developedFrom Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
developedInto Paleo-Hebrew script ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew alphabet

Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
endTime circa 10th century BCE ⓘ
circa 11th century BCE ⓘ
graphemeInventory consonant signs only ⓘ
historicalSignificance ancestor of most modern alphabetic scripts ⓘ
one of the earliest true alphabets ⓘ
influenced Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script

South Arabian script ⓘ
runic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Runic alphabet
mainUsage inscriptions ⓘ
notableInscription Lachish ewer inscription ⓘ
Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions ⓘ
Wadi el-Hol inscriptions ⓘ
numberOfLetters approximately 22 ⓘ
phonographicType segmental ⓘ
region Canaan ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
scriptType consonantal ⓘ
startTime circa 18th century BCE ⓘ
circa 19th century BCE ⓘ
subclassOf abjad ⓘ
timePeriod Late Bronze Age ⓘ
late Middle Bronze Age ⓘ
unicodeStatus not encoded as a separate script in Unicode ⓘ
usedFor Canaanite languages ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic

early Northwest Semitic languages ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystemFamily Northwest Semitic ⓘ
writingSystemStage early form of Phoenician alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phoenician alphabet → derivedFrom → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
Phoenician alphabet → relatedTo → Proto-Sinaitic script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Proto-Canaanite script → alsoKnownAs → Early Canaanite script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Proto-Canaanite script → alsoKnownAs → Proto-Sinaitic-derived Canaanite script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Ugaritic alphabet → relatedTo → Proto-Canaanite alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Egyptian hieroglyphs → influenced → Proto-Sinaitic script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Aleph → originatesFrom → Proto-Canaanite aleph ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Canaanites → writingSystem → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
Ayin → hasLineage → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
Canaanite shift → appliesTo → Proto-Canaanite ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions → writingSystem → Proto-Sinaitic script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Lachish ewer inscription → writingSystem → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
Lachish ewer inscription → scriptStage → Proto-Canaanite ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Wadi el-Hol inscriptions → writingSystem → Proto-Sinaitic script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Wadi el-Hol inscriptions → writingSystem → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
South Arabian script → derivedFrom → Proto-Sinaitic script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Proto-Canaanite language → associatedWith → Proto-Canaanite alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Proto-Canaanite language → writingSystem → Proto-Canaanite alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Proto-Canaanite language → developedFrom → Proto-Sinaitic script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Serabit el-Khadim → hasInscriptionType → Proto-Sinaitic script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin → writingSystem → Proto-Sinaitic script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Proto-Sinaitic letter ʿayin → scriptFamily → Proto-Canaanite scripts ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Northwest Semitic alphabetic script → scriptFamilyOf → Proto-Phoenician script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Northwest Semitic alphabetic script → developedFrom → Proto-Sinaitic script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Northwest Semitic alphabetic script → relatedTo → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
Orly Goldwasser → researchInterest → Proto-Sinaitic script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Musnad script → developedFrom → Proto-Sinaitic script ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script
Paleo-Hebrew script → follows → Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
Paleo-Hebrew script → scriptFamily → Canaanite scripts ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Canaanite script