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Phoenician Alphabet, IPA Pronuncation, Video, Virtual Keyboard...

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In today's lesson, you will learn how to write the different letters of the Phoenician alphabet, how to pronounce these letters whether it is through the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), or through a video with the pronunciation of the letters by a native speaker.

You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of this language.

Phoenician Alphabet

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet

The Phoenician alphabet is an alphabet known in modern times from the Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions found across the Mediterranean region.

The Phoenician alphabet is also called the Early Linear script because it is an early development of the pictographic Proto- or Old Canaanite script, into a linear, alphabetic script, also marking the transfer from a multi-directional writing system, where a variety of writing directions occurred, to a regulated horizontal, right-to-left script.

Name	Meaning	Transliteration	Phoneme	Origin		Corresponding letter in
				Text	Egyptian hieroglyphs	Aramaic	Hebrew	Syriac	Parthian	Arabic	South Arabian	Ge'ez	Greek	Latin	Cyrillic	Brahmi
𐤀‎	ʾālep	ox, head of cattle	ʾ	ʾ [ʔ]	𓃾	𐡀‎	א	ܐ	𐭀	ﺍ, ء	𐩱	አ	Αα	Aa	Аа	𑀅 /a/
𐤁‎	bēt	house	b	b [b]	𓉐	𐡁‎	ב	ܒ	𐭁	ﺏ	𐩨	በ	Ββ	Bb	Бб, Вв	𑀩 /b/
𐤂‎	gīml	throwing stick (or camel)	g	g [ɡ]	𓌙	𐡂‎	ג	ܓ	𐭂	ﺝ	𐩴	ገ	Γγ	Cc, Gg	Гг, Ґґ	𑀕 /g/
𐤃‎	dālet	door (or fish)	d	d [d]	𓇯	𐡃‎	ד	ܕ	𐭃	د, ذ	𐩵	ደ	Δδ	Dd	Дд	𑀥 /dʰ/
𐤄‎	he	window (or jubilation)	h	hʾ [h]	𓀠?	𐡄‎	ה	ܗ	𐭄	ه	𐩠	ሀ	Εε	Ee	Ее, Єє, Ээ	𑀳 /ɦ/
𐤅‎	wāw	hook	w	w [w]	𓏲	𐡅‎	ו	ܘ	𐭅	ﻭ	𐩥	ወ	(Ϝϝ), Υυ	Ff, Uu, Vv, Yy, Ww	Ѵѵ, Уу, Ўў	𑀯 /v/
𐤆‎	zajin, zayin	weapon (or manacle)	z	z [z]	𓏭	𐡆‎	ז	ܙ	𐭆	ﺯ	𐩹	ዘ	Ζζ	Zz	Зз	𑀚 /ɟ/
𐤇‎	hēt	courtyard/wall (?)	ḥ	ḥ [ħ]	𓉗/𓈈?	𐡇‎	ח	ܚ	𐭇	ح, خ	𐩢, 𐩭	ሐ, ኀ	Ηη	Hh	Ии, Йй	𑀖 /gʰ/
𐤈‎	ṭēt	wheel	ṭ	ṭ [tˤ]	𓄤?	𐡈‎	ט	ܛ	𐭈	ط, ظ	𐩷	ጠ	Θθ		Ѳѳ	𑀣 /tʰ/
𐤉‎	yod	arm, hand	j	y [j]	𓂝	𐡉‎	י	ܝ	𐭉	ي	𐩺	የ	Ιι	Ιi, Jj	Іі, Її, Јј	𑀬 /j/
𐤊‎	kāp	palm of a hand	k	k [k]	𓂧	𐡊‎	כך	ܟ	𐭊	ﻙ	𐩫	ከ	Κκ	Kk	Кк	𑀓 /k/
𐤋‎	lāmed	goad	l	l [l]	𓌅	𐡋‎	ל	ܠ	𐭋	ﻝ	𐩡	ለ	Λλ	Ll	Лл	𑀮 /l/
𐤌‎	mēm	water	m	m [m]	𓈖	𐡌‎	מם	ܡ	𐭌	ﻡ	𐩣	መ	Μμ	Mm	Мм	𑀫 /m/
𐤍‎	nūn	serpent (or fish )	n	n [n]	𓆓	𐡍‎	נן	ܢ	𐭍	ﻥ	𐩬	ነ	Νν	Nn	Нн	𑀦 /n/
𐤎‎	śāmek	pillar(?)	s	ś [s]	𓊽	𐡎‎	ס	ܣ ܤ	𐭎		𐩪	ሰ	Ξξ		Ѯѯ,	𑀱 /ʂ/
𐤏‎	ʿayin	eye	ʿ	ʿ [ʕ]	𓁹	𐡏‎	ע	ܥ	𐭏	ع, غ	𐩲	ዐ	Οο, Ωω	Oo	Оо, Ѡѡ	𑀏 /e/
𐤐‎	pē	mouth (or corner)	p	p [p]	𓂋	𐡐‎	פף	ܦ	𐭐	ف	𐩰	ፐ, ፈ	Ππ	Pp	Пп	𑀧 /p/
𐤑‎	ṩādē	papyrus plant/fish hook?	ṣ	ṣ [sˤ]	𓇑 ?	𐡑‎	צץ	ܨ	𐭑	ص, ض	𐩮	ጸ, ጰ, ፀ	(Ϻϻ)		Цц, Чч, Џџ	𑀘 /c/
𐤒‎	qōp	needle eye	q	q [q]	𓃻?	𐡒‎	ק	ܩ	𐭒	ﻕ	𐩤	ቀ	(Ϙϙ), Φφ	Qq	Ҁҁ	𑀔 /kʰ/
𐤓‎	rēs, resh	head	r	r [r]	𓁶	𐡓‎	ר	ܪ	𐭓	ﺭ	𐩧	ረ	Ρρ	Rr	Рр	𑀭 /r/
𐤔‎	šīn	tooth (or sun)	š	š [ʃ]	𓌓	𐡔‎	ש	ܫ	𐭔	ش, س	𐩦	ሠ	Σσς	Ss	Сс, Шш, Щщ	𑀰 /ɕ/
𐤕‎	tāw	mark	t	t [t]	𓏴	𐡕‎	ת	ܬ	𐭕	ت, ث	𐩩	ተ	Ττ	Tt	Тт	𑀢 /t/

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