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Front Matter

Imperial Aramaic

Standard script of Imperial Aramaic, the diplomatic and administrative lingua franca adopted by the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the 6th century BC.

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Era
Ancient
Region
Middle East
System
Abjad
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
Signs
32
Status
Extinct
Standard script of Imperial Aramaic, the diplomatic and administrative lingua franca adopted by the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the 6th century BC. It spanned from Egypt to India. As the common ancestor of Hebrew, Arabic, Nabataean, and Syriac scripts, it is the origin point of a script lineage used today by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
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The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+10840–U+1085F
Total signs32
In Unicode32
Unicode Blocks
Imperial Aramaic
10840 – 1085F
32 chars→
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Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
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Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
오른쪽에서 왼쪽으로 표기.
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System
Abjad
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Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Same family

Lydian
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In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Imperial Aramaic

Countries

IranIraqEgyptIndia