Ugaritic
Sample Characters
First 48 characters from Ugaritic (U+10380–U+1039F)
About Ugaritic
Ugaritic is a cuneiform abjad used to write the Ugaritic language, a Northwest Semitic language spoken at the ancient city of Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra, Syria) from approximately the 14th to the 12th century BCE.
Ugaritic has 30 consonant letters represented in a cuneiform (wedge-pressed) style, unlike the Mesopotamian cuneiform from which it borrowed the writing medium. The Ugaritic alphabet was one of the first abjads in history and is an important link in understanding the development of the Phoenician alphabet. Ugaritic texts include some of the earliest examples of Canaanite mythology, which influenced later Hebrew and Phoenician traditions.
Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.
Script Family & Lineage
Languages Using Ugaritic 1
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Key Facts
- ISO Code
- Ugar
- ISO Number
- 040
- Script Type
- Abjad
- Direction
- Left-to-right
- Status
- Historical
- Region
- Middle Eastern
- Characters
- 31
- Introduced
- 1400 BCE
- Languages
- 1
Unicode Ranges
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UgariticU+10380–U+1039F