Samaritan alphabet

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Samaritan alphabet
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Samaritan alphabet

Summary

Samaritan alphabet is an abjad[1]. It draws 350 Wikipedia views per month (abjad category, ranking #10 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • Samaritan alphabet's instance of is recorded as abjad[3].
  • Samaritan alphabet's instance of is recorded as natural writing system[4].
  • Samaritan alphabet's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet[5].
  • Samaritan alphabet's instance of is recorded as alphabet[6].
  • Samaria is named after Samaritan alphabet[7].
  • Samaritan alphabet's based on is recorded as Paleo-Hebrew alphabet[8].
  • Samaritan alphabet's Commons category is recorded as Samaritan writing[9].
  • Samaritan alphabet's language of work or name is recorded as Samaritan Hebrew[10].
  • Samaritan alphabet's language of work or name is recorded as Samaritan Aramaic[11].
  • 600 BC marks the founding of Samaritan alphabet[12].
  • Samaritan alphabet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Samaritan writing[13].
  • Samaritan alphabet's described at URL is recorded as https://www.endangeredalphabets.net/alphabets/samaritan/[14].
  • Samaritan alphabet's script directionality is recorded as right-to-left[15].
  • Samaritan alphabet's script directionality is recorded as top-to-bottom[16].
  • Samaritan alphabet's different from is recorded as Paleo-Hebrew alphabet[17].
  • Samaritan alphabet's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Samaritan'}[18].
  • Samaritan alphabet's name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'samaritain'}[19].
  • Samaritan alphabet's Unicode range is recorded as U+0800-083F[20].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include abjad[3], natural writing system[4], unicase alphabet[5], and alphabet[6].

Origins

Samaria is named after Samaritan alphabet[7]. 600 BC marks the founding of it[12].

Why It Matters

Samaritan alphabet draws 350 Wikipedia views per month (abjad category, ranking #10 of 20).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Verdy p · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Samaritan writing
    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 */ [[Property:P373]]: Samaritan script"
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