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Phonecian / Paleo-Hebrew m17n module

This is a m17n module for the Phonecian script.

The Phonecian script is the ancestor of the:

  • Latin script
  • Greek script
  • Cryllic script
  • Hebrew script
  • Arabic script
  • ... and many more!

In its heyday, the script was used for Phonecian, Paleo-Hebrew, Punic, and other ancient northwestern Semitic languages.

Unicode assigned all of them the same script block, Phonecian (U+10900..U+1091F).

Assignments:

Input Letter Unicode Code Point Notes
' ALF 𐤀 U+10900 Often denoted ʾ in academic literature, mapped to ' since ' is commonly used to represent glottal stops.
b BET 𐤁 U+10901
g GAML 𐤂 U+10902
d DELT 𐤃 U+10903
h HE 𐤄 U+10904
w WAU 𐤅 U+10905
z ZAYIN 𐤆 U+10906
x HET 𐤇 U+10907 Often denoted ḥ in academic literature
T TET 𐤈 U+10908 Often denoted ṭ in academic literature
y YOD 𐤉 U+10909
k KAF 𐤊 U+1090A
l LAMD 𐤋 U+1090B
m MEM 𐤌 U+1090C
n NUN 𐤍 U+1090D
s SEMK 𐤎 U+1090E Often denoted ś in academic literature
A AIN 𐤏 U+1090F Often denoted ʿ (n.b: this is the reverse of ʾ) in academic literature, mapped to A since it's pronounced like a pharangeal a
p PE 𐤐 U+10910
S SADE 𐤑 U+10911 Often denoted ṣ in academic literature
q QOF 𐤒 U+10912
r ROSH 𐤓 U+10913
j SHIN 𐤔 U+10914 Often denoted š in academic literature. I used up both s and S, and wanted a letter on the home row. Not sure about this assignment.
t TAW 𐤕 U+10915
| Word separator 𐤟 U+1091F

Numbers

Input Number Unicode Code Point
a ONE 𐤖 U+10916
i TEN 𐤗 U+10917
u TWENTY 𐤘 U+10918
o ONE HUNDRED 𐤙 U+10919

Escapes

Input Output
\' '
\| |
\\ \

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