Northwest Semitic alphabetic script

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The Northwest Semitic alphabetic script is an early family of consonantal writing systems used in the ancient Near East that gave rise to later scripts such as Phoenician, Aramaic, and Hebrew.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf consonantal script ⓘ
writing system family ⓘ
ancestorOf Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Aramaic alphabet ⓘ
Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script

Greek alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
Old Italic scripts ⓘ
Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
South Arabian script ⓘ
Syriac alphabet ⓘ
characterType consonants only ⓘ
developedFrom Early alphabetic script ⓘ
Proto-Sinaitic script ⓘ
evidenceType epigraphic inscriptions ⓘ
historicalStatus extinct as a living script ⓘ
influenced Aramaic script tradition ⓘ
Hebrew script tradition ⓘ
Phoenician script tradition ⓘ
notableFeature one of the earliest fully developed consonantal alphabets ⓘ
relatedTo Canaanite alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Phoenician alphabet

Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
scriptClass West Semitic script ⓘ
linked to: Semitic scripts
scriptFamilyOf Ammonite script ⓘ
Aramaic alphabet ⓘ
Byblian script ⓘ
Edomite script ⓘ
Moabite script ⓘ
Old Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Paleo-Hebrew script

Paleo-Hebrew script ⓘ
Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
Proto-Phoenician script ⓘ
timePeriod early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
late 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
usedByLanguage early Canaanite ⓘ
early Hebrew ⓘ
early Phoenician ⓘ
usedByLanguageFamily Northwest Semitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic
usedInRegion Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

ancient Near East ⓘ
vowelNotation vowels generally not written ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystemScope family of related local alphabets ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabetic ⓘ
consonantal ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Deir Alla dialect → writingSystem → Northwest Semitic alphabetic script ⓘ
Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Lachish ewer inscription → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Mediterranean alphabet → derivesFrom → Northwest Semitic consonantal script tradition ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Nabataean inscriptions → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic script ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Ras Shamra tablets → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic alphabetic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Block script (Ktav Ashuri) → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic scripts ⓘ
subject linked to: block script (Ktav Ashuri)
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Phoenician letter Waw → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Balaam inscription → writingSystem → Northwest Semitic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Dhiban → writingSystemAncient → Northwest Semitic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Paleohispanic scripts → influencedBy → Northwest Semitic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Old Aramaic → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Khirbet Ataruz inscriptions → writingSystem → West Semitic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Paleo-Hebrew script → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Syriac Pe → historicalOrigin → Northwest Semitic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script
Aramaic script → scriptFamily → Northwest Semitic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic alphabetic script