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Front Matter

Old North Arabian

Collective term for scripts used in northern Arabia (5th century BC–3rd century AD), including Taymanite, Lihyanite, and Safaitic.

𐪀 𐪁 𐪂 𐪃 𐪄
Era
Ancient
Region
Middle East
System
Abjad
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
Signs
32
Status
Extinct
Collective term for scripts used in northern Arabia (5th century BC–3rd century AD), including Taymanite, Lihyanite, and Safaitic. Tens of thousands of graffiti and inscriptions in this script survive on rock faces across Saudi Arabia's desert, vividly documenting the daily lives of Arabian nomads.
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The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+10A80–U+10A9F
Total signs32
In Unicode32
Unicode Blocks
Old North Arabian
10A80 – 10A9F
32 chars→
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
오른쪽에서 왼쪽으로 표기.
α
System
Abjad
⌨
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

Old South Arabian
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In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Old North Arabian

Countries

Saudi ArabiaJordan