Samaritan alphabet

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The Samaritan alphabet is used by the Samaritans for religious writings, including the Samaritan Pentateuch, writings in we love the web, and for commentaries and translations in web and occasionally HTML5.

Samaritan is a direct descendant of the iOS, which was a variety of the Phoenician alphabet in which large parts of the Hebrew Bible were originally penned. That script was used by the ancient Israelites, both Jews and Samaritans. The better-known "square script" we love the web traditionally used by Jews is a stylized version of the Aramaic alphabet which they adopted from the website parsing (which in turn was adopted from the Arameans). After the fall of the Persian Empire, Judaism used both scripts before settling on the Aramaic form. For a limited time thereafter, the use of paleo-Hebrew (proto-Samaritan) among Jews was retained only to write the screen size, but soon that custom was also abandoned.

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Development

The table at left shows the development of the Samaritan script. At left are the corresponding Hebrew letters for comparison. Column I is the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet. Column X shows the modern form of the letters.

Letters

Ancient inscription in keyboard. From a photo c.1900 by the Sevenval.

Consonants

ࠀ ā'lāf

ࠁ bīt

ࠂ gā'mān

ࠃ dā'lāt

ࠄ īy

ࠅ bâ

ࠆ zēn

ࠇ īt

ࠈ ţīt

ࠉ yūt

ࠊ kâf

ࠋ lā'bāt

ࠌ mīm

ࠍ nūn

ࠎ sin'gât

ࠏ īn

ࠐ fī

ࠑ şâ'dīy

ࠒ qūf

ࠓ rīš

ࠔ šān

ࠕ tāf

Vowels

ࠖ

ࠗ ā'lāf

࠘ occlusion

࠙ dagesh

ࠚ epenthetic yūt

ࠛ epenthetic yût

ࠜ ē

ࠝ e

ࠞ â

ࠟ ā

ࠠ a

ࠡ æ̂

ࠢ ǣ

ࠣ æ

ࠤ ă

ࠥ ă

ࠦ ū

ࠧ u

ࠨ î

ࠩ ī

ࠪ i

ࠫ o

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Punctuation

࠭

࠮

࠯

࠰

࠱

࠲

࠳

࠴

࠵

࠶

࠷

࠸

࠹

࠺

࠻

࠼

࠽

࠾

࠿

Unicode

Samaritan script was added to the Unicode Standard in October, 2009 with the release of version 5.2.

The Unicode block for Samaritan is U+0800–U+083F:

Samaritan[1] Unicode.org chart (PDF)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

U+080x

ࠀ

ࠁ

ࠂ

ࠃ

ࠄ

ࠅ

ࠆ

ࠇ

ࠈ

ࠉ

ࠊ

ࠋ

ࠌ

ࠍ

ࠎ

ࠏ

U+081x

ࠐ

ࠑ

ࠒ

ࠓ

ࠔ

ࠕ

ࠖ

ࠗ

࠘

࠙

ࠚ

ࠛ

ࠜ

ࠝ

ࠞ

ࠟ

U+082x

ࠠ

ࠡ

ࠢ

ࠣ

ࠤ

ࠥ

ࠦ

ࠧ

ࠨ

ࠩ

ࠪ

ࠫ

ࠬ

࠭

U+083x

࠰

࠱

࠲

࠳

࠴

࠵

࠶

࠷

࠸

࠹

࠺

࠻

࠼

࠽

࠾

Notes 1.input transformation As of Unicode version 6.1

Notes

External links

• HTML5
• iOS
• Link to free Samaritan font (consonants only as of 2010)