Proto-Sinaitic
Script details
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| Code | Psin |
| Script type | logo-syllabary |
| Region | African |
| Status | Historical |
| Direction | unspecified |
| Baseline | unspecified |
| Case | no |
| White space | unspecified |
| Complex behaviors | |
| OpenType code | unspecified |
| ISO 15924 Numeric Code / Key | 103 (right-to-left alphabetic) |
Script description
Proto-Sinaitic uses a set of pictographic signs which are believed to have been derived from Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
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The earliest inscriptions date from between the 16th and 19th centuries BC. The script is a consonantal alphabet, and it is considered to be the first attested independent writing system of this type.
Languages that use this script
There are no known languages that use this script.
Unicode status
The Proto-Sinaitic script is not yet in Unicode. The script has a tentative allocation at U+108B0..U+108DF in the Roadmap to the SMP
for the Unicode Standard.
Resources
- ScriptSource page for Proto-Sinaitic - all about scripts, languages, and writing systems
- Wikipedia article on Proto-Sinaitic