Hebrew alphabetAlphabet of the Hebrew languageThe Hebrew alphabet or aleph-bet (Hebrew: אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי, Alefbet ivri), known variously by scholars as the Ktav Ashuri, Jewish script, square script and block script, is a unicameralabjad script used in the writing of the Hebrew language. Alphabets based on the Hebrew script are used to write other Jewish languages, most notably Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, and Judeo-Persian.
Aramaic alphabetScript used to write the Aramaic language The ancient Aramaic alphabet was used to write the Aramaic languages spoken by ancient Aramean pre-Christian peoples throughout the Fertile Crescent.
Phoenician alphabetWriting system used c. 1050 to 146 BCThe Phoenician alphabet is an abjad (consonantal alphabet) that was used across the Mediterranean civilization of Phoenicia for most of the 1st millennium BC. It was one of the first alphabets, attested in Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions found across the .
SΣ σ ς𐌔S sTime periodc. 700 BCE to presentDescendantsſßƧꞄ$₷§℠ᛋ∫SistersЅѕСсШшЩщҪҫԌԍשشܫسࠔ𐎘𐡔ሠㅅ (disputed)ՍսशसશસVariationsſOtherAssociated graphss(x), sh, szWriting directionLeft-to-rightThis article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see .
Sha (Cyrillic)Sha, alternatively transliterated Ša (Ш ш; italics: Ш ш or Ш ш; italics: Ш ш) is a letter of the Glagolitic and Cyrillic scripts. It commonly represents the voiceless postalveolar fricative/ʃ/, like the pronunciation of sh in "shoe". More precisely, the sound in Russian denoted by ш is often falsely transcribed as a palatoalveolar fricative, but is actually a voiceless retroflex fricative/ʂ/.Letter (alphabet)In a writing system, a letter is a grapheme that generally corresponds to a phoneme—the smallest functional unit of speech—though there is rarely total one-to-one correspondence between the two. An alphabet is a writing system that uses letters.
Arabic scriptThe Arabic script is the writing system used for Arabic (Arabic alphabet) and several other languages of Asia and Africa. It is the second-most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world (after the Latin script), the second-most widely used writing system in the world by number of countries using it, and the third-most by number of users (after the Latin and Chinese scripts).
Syriac alphabetThis article contains Syriac text, written from right to left in a cursive style with some letters joined. Without proper , you may see unjoined Syriac letters or other symbols instead of Syriac alphabet.
Es (Cyrillic)ΣϹ ϲС сTransliterationsS sOtherAssociated numbers200 (Cyrillic numerals)This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see . For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.Es (С с; italics: С с) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
AbjadAn abjad (; or abgad, lit.'alphabet') is a writing system in which only consonants are represented by letter signs, leaving the vowels to be inferred by the reader (unless represented otherwise, such as by diacritics). This contrasts with alphabets that provide graphemes for both consonants and vowels. The term was introduced in 1990 by Peter T. Daniels.
ß, , ς, ζ𐌔, 𐌆szſʒẞ ßTime period~1300s to presentDescendantsNoneSistersNoneTransliterationsss, szOtherAssociated graphsss, szWriting directionLeft-to-rightThis article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see . For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.ß (majuscule: ẞ) is a letter of the German alphabet.
SigmaHistoryArchaic local variants Diacritics and other symbolsDiacriticsάὰᾶἀἁᾱᾰϊᾳσ̌LigaturesϗϛNumerals (Attic)ϛ (6)ϟ (90)ϡ (900) Related topicsUse as scientific symbolsOrthographyRomanizationCyrillizationSigma ( ; uppercaseΣ, lowercaseσ, lowercase in word-final position ς; Greek: σίγμα) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. When it is used at the end of a letter-case word (one that does not use all caps), the final form (ς) is used.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.