Nabatean alphabet

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History of the Alphabet
Middle Bronze Age 19–15th c. BC Canaanite-Phoenician 14th c. BC Paleo-Hebrew 10th c. BC Aramaic 9th c. BC Brāhmī & Indic 6th c. BC Tibetan 7th c. Khmer/Javanese 9th c. Hebrew 3rd c. BC Syriac 2nd c. BC Nabatean 2nd c. BC Arabic 4th c. Avestan 4th to 6th c. Greek 9th c. BC Etruscan 8th c. BC Latin 7th c. BC Runes 2nd c. Ogham 4th c. Gothic 4th c. Armenian 405 Glagolitic 862 Cyrillic 10th c. Samaritan 6th c. BC Iberian 6th c. BC Epigraphic South Arabian 9th c. BC Ge'ez 5–6th c. BC
Meroitic 3rd c. BC
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Meroitic 3rd c. BC

The Nabatean alphabet is a consonantal alphabet (abjad) that was used by the Nabateans in the 2nd century BC. Important inscriptions are found in Petra. The alphabet is descended from the Aramaic alphabet, and in turn developed into the Arabic alphabet from the 4th century.

[edit] The Alphabet

Name	Arabic Alphabet	Hebrew Alphabet
Aleph	ا	א
Bet	ﺑ	ב
Gimel	ﺟ	ג
Dal	د	ד
Ha	ﻫ	ה
Waw	و	ו
Zayn	ز	ז
Ħa	ﺣ	ח
Ṭaa	ط	ט
Yaa	ﻯ	י
Kaf	ﻛ	כ
Lam	ﻟ	ל
Meem	ﻣ	מ
Noon	ﻧ	נ
Sin	ﺳ	שׂ
'in	ﻋـ	ע
Fa	ﻓـ	פ
Ṣad	ﺻ	ס
Qaf	ق	ק
Ra	ر	ר
Shin	ﺷ	שׁ
Ta	ت	ת