Samaritan script

Writing system used by the Samaritans for religious writings SamaritanScript type Abjad Period4th century CE – presentDirectionRight-to-left script, vertical writing LanguagesSamaritan Hebrew, Samaritan AramaicRelated scriptsParent systemsEgyptian hieroglyphsProto-Sinaitic alphabetPhoenician alphabetPaleo-Hebrew alphabetSamaritanISO 15924ISO 15924Samr (123), ​SamaritanUnicodeUnicode aliasSamaritanUnicode rangeU+0800–U+083F This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. The Samaritan Hebrew script, or simply Samaritan script, is the alphabet used by the Samaritans for their religious and liturgical writings. It serves as the script of the Samaritan Pentateuch, of texts in Samaritan Hebrew, and of commentaries and translations in Samaritan Aramaic and occasionally Arabic. Historically, the Samaritan script is a direct descendant of the paleo-Hebrew alphabet, the script in which much of the Hebrew Bible was originally written and which was used by the people of Israel and Judah dur