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The script was written from left to right.

Origin

Scholars have searched in vain for the cuneiform prototypes of the letters of the Ugaritic alphabet. However, there is circumstantial evidence that they may simply be the letters of the Semitic alphabet, distorted by their adaptation to being written with a stylus on clay. For example, there are two basic shapes in cuneiform: a line wedge, such as 𐎂, and a corner wedge, such as 𐎓. These seem to correspond to lines and circles in the linear Semitic alphabets: the three Semitic letters with circles, preserved in Greek Θ, O and Latin Q, are all made with corner wedges in Ugaritic: 𐎉 Tet, 𐎓 Ain, and 𐎖 Qopa. Other letters look similar as well: 𐎅 Ho resembles its assumed Greek cognate E, while 𐎆 Wo, 𐎔 Pu, and 𐎘 Thanna are similar to Greek Y, Π, and Σ turned on their sides. The similarities are more apparent and more numerous with older Semitic script such as Phoenician.

Letters

Ugaritic in Unicode

Ugaritic alphabet Unicode range

In Unicode, the Ugaritic alphabet is assigned to U+10380 - U+1039F. Image File history File links Ugaritic_Unicode. ... Image File history File links Ugaritic_Unicode. ... Unicode is an international standard whose goal is to provide the means by which text of all forms and languages can be encoded for use by computers. ... Unicode is an international standard whose goal is to provide the means by which text of all forms and languages can be encoded for use by computers. ...

Abecedaries/ ABCDaries

Ugaritic is found in two alphabetic orders, the Northern Semitic order found in the Hebrew, Greek, and Roman scripts, and the Southern Semitic order found in the Ethiopic scripts. The letters are given in transcription and in their Hebrew cognates; letters missing from Hebrew are left blank.

North Semitic (the abjad)

South Semitic

Special characters

External links

• Ugaritic (ancientscripts.com)
• Ugaritic Cuneiform characters from the Unicode Ugaritic cuneiform script.
• Ugaritic cuneiform Omniglot entry on the subject.
• Download an Ugaritic Font.