Phoenician alphabet
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Phoenician alphabet
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Phoenician alphabet and its relationship to four other languages
Letters of the Phoenician abjad
[edit]| Phoenician letter | Common Semitic | Corresponding letters in other abjads and alphabets | ||||||||||||
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| Unicode character |
SVG glyphs | Value | Name | Meaning | Romanisation | Imperial Aramaic |
Hebrew | Samaritan | Arabic | Old Italic | Greek | Cyrillic | Latin | |
| alf | 𐤀 | 1 | aleph | ox | ʼ(a) | 𐡀 | א | ࠀ | اااا | 𐌀 | Αα | Аа | Aa | |
| bet | 𐤁 | 2 | bet | house | b | 𐡁 | ב | ࠁ | بببب | 𐌁 | Ββ | Бб, Вв | Bb | |
| gaml | 𐤂 | 3 | gimel | camel | g | 𐡂 | ג | ࠂ | جججج | 𐌂 | Γγ | Гг | Cc, Gg | |
| delt | 𐤃 | 4 | dalet | door | d | 𐡃 | ד | ࠃ | دددد | 𐌃 | Δδ | Дд | Dd | |
| he | 𐤄 | 5 | he | window | h | 𐡄 | ה | ࠄ | هههه | 𐌄 | Εε | Ее, Єє | Ee | |
| wau | 𐤅 | 6 | waw | hook | w | 𐡅 | ו | ࠅ | وووو | 𐌖, 𐌞, 𐌘, 𐌚 | Υυ, Φφ, (Ϝϝ) | Фф, Уу | Ff, Uu, Vv, Ww, Yy | |
| zai | 𐤆 | 7 | zayin | weapon | z | 𐡆 | ז | ࠆ | زززز | 𐌆 | Ζζ | Зз | Zz | |
| het | 𐤇 | 8 | heth | fence | ḥ | 𐡇 | ח | ࠇ | حححح | 𐌇 | Ηη | Ии | Hh | |
| tet | 𐤈 | 9 | teth | wheel | ṭ | 𐡈 | ט | ࠈ | طططط | 𐌈 | Θθ | (Ѳѳ) | (Ðð), (Þþ) | |
| yod | 𐤉 | 10 | yodh | arm | y | 𐡉 | י | ࠉ | يييي | 𐌉, 𐌝, 𐌭 | Ιι | Іі, Ии, (Јј) | Ii, Jj | |
| kaf | 𐤊 | 20 | kaph | palm | k | 𐡊 | כ | ࠊ | كككك | 𐌊, 𐌙 | Κκ | Кк | Kk | |
| lamd | 𐤋 | 30 | lamedh | goad | l | 𐡋 | ל | ࠋ | لللل | 𐌋 | Λλ | Лл | Ll | |
| mem | 𐤌 | 40 | mem | water | m | 𐡌 | מ | ࠌ | مممم | 𐌌 | Μμ | Мм | Mm | |
| nun | 𐤍 | 50 | nun | fish | n | 𐡍 | נ | ࠍ | نننن | 𐌍 | Νν | Нн | Nn | |
| semk | 𐤎 | 60 | samekh | fish | s | 𐡎 | ס | ࠎ | سسسس | 𐌔, 𐌟 | Ξξ, Χχ | Хх | Xx | |
| ain | 𐤏 | 70 | ayin | eye | ʿ | 𐡏 | ע | ࠏ | عععع | 𐌏 | Οο | Оо | Oo | |
| pe | 𐤐 | 80 | pe | mouth | p | 𐡐 | פ | ࠐ | فففف | 𐌐 | Ππ | Пп | Pp | |
| sade | 𐤑 | 90 | tsade | papyrus plant | ṣ | 𐡑 | צ | ࠑ | صصصص | 𐌮, 𐌯 | (Ϻϻ), (Ͳͳ) | Цц, Чч | (ẞß) | |
| qof | 𐤒 | 100 | qoph | monkey | q | 𐡒 | ק | ࠒ | قققق | 𐌒 | Ϙϙ | (Ԛԛ) | ||
| rosh | 𐤓 | 200 | resh | head | r | 𐡓 | ר | ࠓ | رررر | 𐌓, 𐌛 | Ρρ | Рр | Rr | |
| shin | 𐤔 | 300 | shin | tooth | š | 𐡔 | ש | ࠔ | شششش | 𐌑, 𐌜 | Σσς | Сс, Шш | (Ʃʃ), S(ſ)s | |
| tau | 𐤕 | 400 | taw | mark | t | 𐡕 | ת | ࠕ | تتتت | 𐌕 | Ττ | Тт | Tt | |

