Phoenician based alphabets

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The following alphabets are derived from the ancient Phoenician abjad writing system.

Phoenician letter Name Possible meaning Phonetic value Origin Hebrew Arabic Ethiopian Ge'ez Greek Egyptian Coptic Old Italic Germanic Runes Latin Slavic Cyrillic Georgian Armenian
𐤀‎ ʾalp ox ʾ [ ʔ] 𓃾 א Αα Ⲁⲁ 𐌀 Aa Аа ა/ⴀ/Ⴀ Ա/ա
𐤁‎ bēt house, cow b [ b] 𓉐 ב Ββ Ⲃⲃ 𐌁 Bb Бб, Вв ბ/ⴁ/Ⴁ Բ/բ
𐤂‎ gimel throwing stick, camel, calf, drink g [ ɡ] 𓌙 ג Γγ Ⲅⲅ 𐌂 ᚷ, ᛃ Cc, Gg Гг, Ґґ გ/ⴂ/Ⴂ Գ/գ
𐤃‎ dalt door, udder, bucket d [ d] 𓇯 ד د, ذ Δδ Ⲇⲇ 𐌃 Dd Дд დ/ⴃ/Ⴃ Դ/դ
𐤄‎ window, feather, pen h [ h] 𓀠 ה ه Εε Ⲉⲉ 𐌄 Ee Ее, Єє, Ээ ე/ⴄ/Ⴄ Ե/ե, Է/է, Ը/ը
𐤅‎ wāw hook, hoe w [ w] 𓏲 ו ( Ϝϝ), Υυ Ⲩⲩ 𐌅, 𐌖 Ff, Uu, Vv, Yy, Ww ( Ѵѵ), Уу, Ўў ვ/ⴅ/Ⴅ Վ/վ
𐤆‎ zēn weapon, plough, grain-wagon z [ d͡z] 𓏭 ז Ζζ Ⲍⲍ 𐌆 Zz Зз ზ/ⴆ/Ⴆ Զ/զ
𐤇‎ ḥēt wall, courtyard ḥ [ x] 𓉗 or 𓈈 ח ح, خ ሐ, ኀ Ηη Ⲏⲏ 𐌇 ᚺ/ᚻ Hh Ии, Йй ი/ⴈ/Ⴈ Ի/ի, Խ/խ
𐤈‎ ṭēt wheel ṭ [ t] 𓄤 ט ط, ظ Θθ Ⲑⲑ 𐌈 Þþ ( Ѳѳ) თ/ⴇ/Ⴇ Թ/թ
𐤉‎ yad hand, shovel, handle y [ j] 𓂝 י ي Ιι Ⲓⲓ 𐌉 Ii, Jj Іі, Її, Јј Յ/յ
𐤊‎ kap palm of a hand, dustpan k [ k] 𓂧 כך Κκ Ⲕⲕ 𐌊 Kk Кк კ/ⴉ/Ⴉ Կ/կ
𐤋‎ lamed goad l [ l] 𓌅 ל Λλ Ⲗⲗ 𐌋 Ll Лл ლ/ⴊ/Ⴊ Լ/լ
𐤌‎ mēm water m [ m] 𓈖 מם Μμ Ⲙⲙ 𐌌 Mm Мм მ/ⴋ/Ⴋ Մ/մ
𐤍‎ nūn fish, serpent n [ n] 𓆓 נן Νν Ⲛⲛ 𐌍 Nn Нн ნ/ⴌ/Ⴌ Ն/ն
𐤎‎ sāmek fishbone, fish, djed s [ s] 𓊽 ס س Ξξ, Χχ Ⲝⲝ, Ⲭⲭ 𐌎, 𐌗 ᛊ,ᛋ Xx ( Ѯѯ), Хх ს/ⴑ/Ⴑ Ս/ս
𐤏‎ ʿēn eye, water-spring ʿ [ ʕ] 𓁹 ע ع, غ Οο, Ωω Ⲟⲟ, Ⲱⲱ 𐌏 Oo Оо ო/ⴍ/Ⴍ Օ/օ
𐤐‎ mouth, well p [ p] 𓂋 פף ف ፐ, ፈ Ππ Ⲡⲡ 𐌐 Pp Пп პ/ⴎ/Ⴎ Պ/պ
𐤑‎ ṣade plant/sapling, fishnet, fishing hook ṣ [ t͡s] 𓇑 צץ ص, ض ጸ, ጰ, ፀ ( Ϻϻ) 𐌑 Цц, Чч, Џџ ც/ⴚ/Ⴚ Ց/ց
𐤒‎ qūp needle eye q [ q] 𓃻 ק ( Ϙϙ), Φφ, Ψψ Ϥϥ, Ⲫⲫ, Ⲯⲯ 𐌒, 𐌘, 𐌙 Qq ( Ҁҁ, Фф) ქ/ⴕ/Ⴕ Ք/ք, Փ/փ, Ֆ/ֆ
𐤓‎ rūš head, harpoon r [ r] 𓁶 ר Ρρ Ⲣⲣ 𐌓 Rr Рр რ/ⴐ/Ⴐ Ր/ր
𐤔‎ šīn tooth, toothed knife š [ ʃ] 𓌓 ש ش, س Σσς Ⲋⲋ, Ⲥⲥ, Ϣϣ 𐌔 ᛊ/ᛋ Ss Сс, Шш, Щщ შ/ⴘ/Ⴘ Շ/շ
𐤕‎ tāw mark t [ θ] 𓏴 ת ت, ث Ττ Ⲋⲋ, Ⲧⲧ 𐌕 Tt Тт ტ/ⴒ/ Տ/տ


In addition, Coptic derived the following letters from Demotic script.

Demotic Coptic Phonetic value
Demotique sh.png Ϣ š [ʃ]
Demotique f.png Ϥ [f]
Demotique kh.png Ϧ [x]
Demotique h.png Ϩ [h]
Demotique j.png Ϫ j [ʤ]
Demotique tsh.png Ϭ c [kʲ], [cʰ], [ʃ], [tʃ, e̞tʃ]
Demotique ti.png Ϯ [di], [ti]