! The Last of the Phoenicians

Many writing systems that we use today descended directly from the right-to-left "abjad" (no vowels) created by Phoenicians in 1050 BC.

• alf ("ox") ʾ [ʔ] 10900 => alpha Αα 1 => Aa
• bet ("house") b [b] 10901 => beta Ββ 2 => Bb
• gaml ("camel") g [ɡ] 10902 => gamma Γγ 3 => Gg, Cc
• delt ("door") d [d] 10903 => delta Δδ 4 => Dd
• he ("window") h [h] 10904 => epsilon Εε 5 => Ee
• wau ("hook") w [w] 10905 => upsilon Υυ 400, digamma Ϝϝϛ 6 => Ww Yy Uu Vv, Ff
• zai ("weapon") z [z] 10906 => zeta Ζζ 7 => Zz
• het ("wall") ḥ [ħ] 10907 => eta Ηη 8 => Hh
• tet ("wheel") ṭ [tˤ] 10908 => theta Θθ, 9
• yod ("hand") y [j] 10909 => iota Ιι 10 => Ii, Jj
• kaf ("palm") k [k] 1090A => kappa Κκ 20 => Kk
• lamd ("goad") l [l] 1090B => lambda Λλ 30 => Ll
• mem ("water") m [m] 1090C => mu Μμ 40 => Mm
• nun ("serpent") n [n] 1090D => nu Νν 50 => Nn
• semk ("fish") s [s] 1090e => xi Ξξ 60, chi Χχ 600 => Xx
• ain ("eye") ʿ [ʕ] 1090F => omicron Οο 70), omega "Ωω(800)" => Oo
• pe ("mouth") p [p] 10910 => pi Ππ 80 => Pp
• sade ("hunt") ṣ [sˤ] 10911 => san Ϻϻ
• qof ("needle head") q [q] 10912 => koppa Ϙϙϟ 90, phi Φφ 500, psi Ψψ 700 => Qq
• rosh ("head") r [r] 10913 => rho "Ρρ(100)" => Rr
• shin ("tooth") š [ʃ] 10914 => sigma "Σσς(200)" => Ss
• tau ("mark") t [t] 10915 => tau "Ττ(300)" => Tt

Numbers

• one 1 10916
• ten 10 10917
• twenty 20 10918
• one-hundred 100 10919
• two 2 1091A
• three 3 1091

Punctuation

• word-separator 1091F

Language Code

• Phnx
• 115
• phn"camel") g [ɡ] 10902 => gamma Γγ 3 => Gg, Cc
• delt ("door") d [d] 10903 => delta Δδ 4 => Dd
• he ("window") h [h] 10904 => epsilon Εε 5 => Ee
• wau ("hook") w [w] 10905 => upsilon Υυ 400, digamma Ϝϝϛ 6 => Ww Yy Uu Vv, Ff
• zai ("weapon") z [z] 10906 => zeta Ζζ 7 => Zz
• het ("wall") ḥ [ħ] 10907 => eta Ηη 8 => Hh
• tet ("wheel") ṭ [tˤ] 10908 => theta Θθ, 9
• yod ("hand") y [j] 10909 => iota Ιι 10 => Ii, Jj
• kaf ("palm") k [k] 1090A => kappa Κκ 20 => Kk
• lamd ("goad") l [l] 1090B => lambda Λλ 30 => Ll
• mem ("water") m [m] 1090C => mu Μμ 40 => Mm
• nun ("serpent") n [n] 1090D => nu Νν 50 => Nn
• semk ("fish") s [s] 1090e => xi Ξξ 60, chi Χχ 600 => Xx
• ain ("eye") ʿ [ʕ] 1090F => omicron Οο 70), omega "Ωω(800)" => Oo
• pe ("mouth") p [p] 10910 => pi Ππ 80 => Pp
• sade ("hunt") ṣ [sˤ] 10911 => san Ϻϻ
• qof ("needle head") q [q] 10912 => koppa Ϙϙϟ 90, phi Φφ 500, psi Ψψ 700 => Qq
• rosh ("head") r [r] 10913 => rho "Ρρ(100)" => Rr
• shin ("tooth") š [ʃ] 10914 => sigma "Σσς(200)" => Ss
• tau ("mark") t [t] 10915 => tau "Ττ(300)" => Tt

Numbers

• one 1 10916
• ten 10 10917
• twenty 20 10918
• one-hundred 100 10919
• two 2 1091A
• three 3 1091

Punctuation

• word-separator 1091F

Language Code

• Phnx
• 115
• phn

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