01OVERVIEW
Front Matter
SCRIPT · PROFILE
Byblos Syllabary
Syllabic script used in Byblos, Lebanon (2000–1000 BC).
Syllabic script used in Byblos, Lebanon (2000–1000 BC). Undeciphered and not yet Unicode-encoded. "Byblos" means papyrus in Greek — the etymological root of the English word "Bible." The world's first phonemic alphabet may have evolved in this region, attracting linguistic interest. But with ~114 signs — too many for an alphabet — it is classified as a syllabary, and its underlying language remains unknown.
04SPECIMEN
The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Total signs114
Unicode Blocks
Not in Unicode
Not yet encoded in Unicode. Formal allocation is pending due to undeciphered status or insufficient evidence.
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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06MECHANICS
Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Unknown
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System
Syllabary
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
07LINEAGE
The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
08REACH