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Samaritan script

writing system
Thing abjad Q1550930
Samaritan script
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Facts

9 properties
Instance of
abjad, natural writing system, unicase alphabet, alphabet[2][3][4]
Inception
600 BC[9]
Language of work or name
Samaritan Hebrew, Samaritan Aramaic[7][8]
Based on
Paleo-Hebrew alphabet[6]
Different from
Paleo-Hebrew alphabet[12]
Name
Samaritan, samaritain[13][14]
Named after
Samaria[5]
Script directionality
right-to-left, top-to-bottom[10][11]
Unicode range
U+0800-083F[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Samaritan script en Samr en Samaritan en Samaritan alphabet ar أبجدية سامرية de Samaritanische Schrift el Σαμαριτικό αλφάβητο es alfabeto samaritano fa الفبای سامری fr alphabet samaritain fr écriture samaritaine he כתב שומרוני he אלפבית שומרוני id Abjad Samaria id Aksara Samaria ja サマリア文字 ko 사마리아 문자 ro alfabetul samaritean ru Самаритянское письмо th อักษรสะมาริตัน
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Atlas of Endangered Alphabets ID
372
Described at URL
www.endangeredalphabets.net
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Samaritan-alphabet
Freebase ID
/m/02st23
ISO 15924 alpha-4 code
Samr
ISO 15924 numeric code
123
Namuwiki ID
사마리아 문자
Topic's main category
Category:Samaritan script

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🔗 Connections
← Writing system 5
Biblical Hebrew, Samaritan Pentateuch, Samaritan Hebrew, Samaritan Aramaic, GNU Unifont
Instance of 3
alphabet, abjad, unicase alphabet
Language of work or name 2
Samaritan Hebrew, Samaritan Aramaic
Based on 1
Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
Different from 1
Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
Named after 1
Samaria
Script directionality 1
right-to-left
Topic's main category 1
Category:Samaritan script
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Samaritan script
← Derivative work 1
Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
← Different from 1
Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
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Summary

Samaritan script is an abjad[1].

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Samaritan script
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Commons category: Samaritan script, дублирующееся значение / duplicate value"
  2. 12w ago · Pi bot bot · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Samaritan script
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Commons category: Samaritan script, Update P373 to avoid commons category redirect"
  3. 12w ago · Joalbertine · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Samaritan script
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Commons category: Samaritan writing"
  4. 24w ago · Verdy p · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Samaritan script
    Aliases → —
    Based on → Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
    Different from → Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Commons category: Samaritan script"
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