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Hebrew alphabet

Semitic alphabet used for writing Hebrew, Samaritan, Yiddish, Judaeo-Spanish, and other Jewish languages

Details

Instance of: abjad, unicase alphabet, natural writing system, Hebrew-script-based alphabet
Inception: 2nd century BCE
Has parts: י, lamed, מ
Based on: Imperial Aramaic alphabet
described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
different from: Hebrew-script-based alphabet
facet of: Hebrew, Judeo-Persian, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Biblical Hebrew, Yiddish, Judaeo-Spanish
history of topic: history of the Hebrew alphabet
language of work or name: Hebrew, Yiddish, Judaeo-Spanish
location of creation: Middle East
name: Hebrew, hébreu
native label: אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי
replaces: Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
script directionality: right-to-left
topic has template: Q6279188
topic's main category: Category:Hebrew alphabet
Unicode range: U+0590-05FF, U+FB1D-FB4F