Samaritan script
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| Samaritan alphabet | |
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| Type | Abjad |
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| Spoken languages | Samaritan Hebrew, Samaritan Aramaic |
| Time period | 600 BCE–present |
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Proto-Canaanite alphabet
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| Unicode range | U+0800 to U+083F |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | |
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The Samaritan alphabet is used by the Samaritans for religious writings, including the Samaritan Pentateuch, writings in Samaritan Hebrew, and for commentaries and translations in Samaritan Aramaic and occasionally Arabic.
Samaritan is a direct descendant of the paleo-Hebrew variety of the Phoenician alphabet, in which large parts of the Hebrew Bible were originally penned. The better known "square letter" form of the Hebrew alphabet was adopted by the Israelites from the Aramaic alphabet of the Persian Empire. After the fall of the Persian Empire, orthodox Judaism used both scripts before settling on Aramaic, with paleo-Hebrew/proto-Samaritan retained for a time to write the Tetragrammaton.
On 8 February 2008, the Samaritan alphabet was accepted for inclusion in Unicode at code points 0800–083F.[1]
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.
Unicode
For the script to display, you must have a font that covers Samaritan installed.
- ࠀ ࠁ ࠂ ࠃ ࠄ ࠅ ࠆ ࠇ ࠈ ࠉ ࠊ ࠋ ࠌ ࠍ ࠎ ࠏ
- ࠐ ࠑ ࠒ ࠓ ࠔ ࠕ ࠖ ࠗ ࠘ ࠙ ࠚ ࠛ ࠜ ࠝ ࠞ ࠟ
- ࠠ ࠡ ࠢ ࠣ ࠤ ࠥ ࠦ ࠧ ࠨ ࠩ ࠪ ࠫ ࠬ ࠭
- ࠰ ࠱ ࠲ ࠳ ࠴ ࠵ ࠶ ࠷ ࠸ ࠹ ࠺ ࠻ ࠼ ࠽ ࠾
External links
- A Samaritan Bible, at the British library
- Script - on the Samaritan alphabet and writings in it.
- Omniglot.com - Samaritan alphabet
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