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<h1>Nabatean alphabet</h1>
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<th   style="font-weight:normal;" > <a href="/term/History_of_the_alphabet"><strong>History of the Alphabet</strong></a>
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<a href="/term/Middle_Bronze_Age_alphabets">Middle Bronze Age</a> 19&ndash;15th c. BC<br/>
<ul><li><a href="/term/Proto-Canaanite_alphabet">Canaanite</a>-<a href="/term/Phoenician_alphabet">Phoenician</a> 14th c. BC</li><li>*<a href="/term/Aramaic_alphabet">Aramaic</a> 9th c. BC</li><li>**<a href="/term/Brāhmī">Brāhmī</a> & <a href="/term/Brahmic_family">Indic</a>, 6th c. BC</li><li>***<a href="/term/Tibetan_script">Tibetan</a> 7th c.</li><li>***<a href="/term/Khmer_script">Khmer</a>/<a href="/term/Javanese_script">Javanese</a>, 9th c.</li><li>**<a href="/term/Hebrew_alphabet">Hebrew</a> 3rd c. BC</li><li>**<a href="/term/Syriac_alphabet">Syriac</a> 2nd c. BC</li><li>**<a href="/term/Avestan_alphabet">Din Dabireh</a> 3rd c.</li><li>**<a href="/term/Arabic_alphabet">Arabic</a> 4th c.</li><li>*<a href="/term/Greek_alphabet">Greek</a> 9th c. BC</li><li>**<a href="/term/Old_Italic_alphabet">Etruscan</a> 8th c. BC</li><li>***<a href="/term/Latin_alphabet">Latin</a> 7th c. BC</li><li>***<a href="/term/Runic_alphabet">Runes</a> 2nd c.</li><li>**<a href="/term/Gothic_alphabet">Gothic</a> 4th c.</li><li>**<a href="/term/Armenian_alphabet">Armenian</a> 405</li><li>**<a href="/term/Glagolitic_alphabet">Glagolitic</a> 862</li><li>**<a href="/term/Cyrillic_alphabet">Cyrillic</a> 10th c.</li><li>*<a href="/term/Samaritan_alphabet">Samaritan</a> 6th c. BC</li><li>*<a href="/term/Iberian_scripts">Iberian</a> 6th c. BC</li><li><a href="/term/South_Arabian_alphabet">South Arabian</a> 9th c. BC</li><li>*<a href="/term/Ge'ez_alphabet">Ge'ez</a> 5&ndash;6th c. BC</li></ul></td></tr><tr >
<td  Meroitic script>Meroitic 3rd c. BC
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<th   style="font-weight:normal;" > <a href="/term/Genealogy_of_scripts_derived_from_Proto-Sinaitic"><strong><em>Complete genealogy</strong></em></a>
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The <strong>Nabatean alphabet</strong> is a <a href="/term/Consonant">consonant</a>al alphabet (<a href="/term/Abjad">abjad</a>) that was used by the <a href="/term/Nabatean">Nabatean</a>s in the <a href="/term/2nd_century_BC">2nd century BC</a>. Important inscriptions are found in <a href="/term/Petra">Petra</a>. The alphabet is descended from the <a href="/term/Aramaic_alphabet">Aramaic alphabet</a>, and in turn developed into the <a href="/term/Arabic_alphabet">Arabic alphabet</a> from the <a href="/term/4th_century">4th century</a>. <p>

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<th >Nabatean
</th><th >Name
</th><th ><a href="/term/Arabic_alphabet">Arabic<br>Alphabet</a>
</th><th ><a href="/term/Hebrew_Alphabet">Hebrew<br>Alphabet</a>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:01_aleph.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/01_aleph.gif" class="image" width="323" height="119" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Aleph
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">أ</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">א</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:02_bet.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/02_bet.gif" class="image" width="218" height="89" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Bet
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ب</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ב</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:03_gimel.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/03_gimel.gif" class="image" width="98" height="89" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Gimel
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ج</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ג</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:04_dal.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/04_dal.gif" class="image" width="62" height="78" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Dal
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">د</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ד</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:05_ha.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/05_ha.gif" class="image" width="185" height="104" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Ha
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ه</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ה</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:06_waw.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/06_waw.gif" class="image" width="137" height="84" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Waw
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">و</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ו</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:07_zayn.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/07_zayn.gif" class="image" width="56" height="89" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Zayn
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ز</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ז</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:08_ha.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/08_ha.gif" class="image" width="220" height="101" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Ha
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ح</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ח</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:09_taa.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/09_taa.gif" class="image" width="75" height="77" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Taa
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ط</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ט</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:10_yaa.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/10_yaa.gif" class="image" width="203" height="86" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Yaa
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ي</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">י</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:11_kaf.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/11_kaf.gif" class="image" width="177" height="94" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Kaf
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ك</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">כ</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:12_lam.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/12_lam.gif" class="image" width="170" height="120" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Lam
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ل</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ל</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:13_meem.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/13_meem.gif" class="image" width="150" height="89" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Meem
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">م</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">מ</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:14_noon.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/14_noon.gif" class="image" width="139" height="99" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Noon
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ن</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">נ</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:15_sin.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/15_sin.gif" class="image" width="82" height="83" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Sin
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">س</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">שׂ</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:16_ein.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/16_ein.gif" class="image" width="60" height="91" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Ein
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ع</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ע</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:17_fa.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/17_fa.gif" class="image" width="198" height="89" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Fa
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ف</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">פ</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:18_sad.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/18_sad.gif" class="image" width="180" height="101" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Sad
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ص</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ס</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:19_qaf.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/19_qaf.gif" class="image" width="68" height="89" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Qaf
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ق</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ק</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:20_ra.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/20_ra.gif" class="image" width="51" height="79" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Ra
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ر</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ר</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:21_shin.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/21_shin.gif" class="image" width="76" height="90" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Shin
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ش</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">שׁ</font></strong>
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<td ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:22_ta.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/1618/1617958/22_ta.gif" class="image" width="202" height="96" alt="30px" title="30px" /></a>
</td><td >Ta
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ت</font></strong>
</td><td ><strong><font size="+4">ת</font></strong>
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