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Front Matter

Old South Arabian

Script of the Sabaean kingdom in modern Yemen, whose ruler is believed to be the Queen of Sheba of the Old Testament.

𐩣 𐩤 𐩥 𐩦 𐩧
Era
Ancient
Region
Middle East
System
Abjad
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
Signs
32
Status
Extinct
Script of the Sabaean kingdom in modern Yemen, whose ruler is believed to be the Queen of Sheba of the Old Testament. The direct ancestor of Ethiopic script, South Arabian inscriptions span 1,500 years from the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.
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The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+10A60–U+10A9F
Total signs32
Unicode Blocks
Not in Unicode
No Unicode block data available for this script.
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
오른쪽에서 왼쪽, 또는 쌍방향(牛耕式)으로 표기.
α
System
Abjad
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
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The Lineage

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

Same family

Old North Arabian
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In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

SabaeanMinaean

Countries

YemenEthiopia