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𐤀	U+10900, 𐤀 PHOENICIAN LETTER ALF

← 𐣿
[U+108FF]

Phoenician

𐤁 →
[U+10901]

Phoenician

Etymology

From Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾 (see kꜣ) representing an ox head, whence the letter name 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp, “head of cattle”).

Letter

𐤀 (ʾ)

The first letter of the Phoenician abjad, called aleph.

Descendants

Ancient Greek: Α (A)
- Coptic: Ⲁ (A)
- Cyrillic: А (A)
- Gothic: 𐌰 (a)
- Old Italic: 𐌀
  - Latin: A
  - Runic: ᚨ (a)
Aramaic: 𐡀 (ʾ)
- Hebrew: א
- Syriac: ܐ, ܐ, ܐ
- Pahlavi:
  - Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭠 (ʾ)
  - Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭀 (ʾ)
  - Psalter Pahlavi: 𐮀 (ʾ)
  - Avestan: 𐬀 (a), 𐬁 (ā)
- Nabataean: 𐢀, 𐢁 (ʾ)
  - Arabic: ا, ء (ʔ)
- Mandaic: ࡀ
- Hatran: 𐣠 (ʾ)
- Palmyrene: 𐡠 (ʾ)
- Elymaic: 𐿠 (𐿠)
- Kharosthi:𐨀
- (debated) Brahmi: 𑀅 (see there for further descendants)

Gallery

Letter styles
Phoenician 𐤀 (ʼ, “aleph”)
Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʼ, “aleph”)

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 ==Phoenician==
 ===Etymology===
+From Proto-Canaanite [[Image:Protoalef.svg|20px]], from Proto-Sinaitic [[Image:Proto-semiticA-01.svg|20px]], from {{m+|egy|𓃾}} (see {{m|egy|kꜣ}}) representing an ox head, whence the letter name {{l|phn|𐤀𐤋𐤐|t=head of cattle}}.
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-[[Image:EgyptianA-01.svg|50px|Ox head hieroglyph]]
-[[Image:Proto-semiticA-01.svg|50px|Proto-Semitic ox head glyph that was presumably the source for {{lang|phn|𐤀|sc=Phnx}} (''ʼ'', “aleph”)]]
-|}
-<div>Presumably from a Proto-Sinaitic glyph based on a hieroglyph of an [[ox]] head, <hiero>F1</hiero> ({{m|egy|𓃾}}).</div>
 ===Letter===
 {{head|phn|letter|sc=Phnx|tr=ʾ}}
-# The first letter of the Phoenician abjad, called [[aleph]].
+# The first letter of the Phoenician [[abjad]], called [[aleph]].
 ====Descendants====
-* {{desc|grc|Α}}
+* {{desctree|grc|Α}}
-** {{desc|cop|Ⲁ|sc=Copt}}
+* {{desctree|arc|𐡀}}
-** Cyrillic: {{l|mul|А|sc=Cyrl}}
-** {{desc|got|𐌰|sc=Goth}}
-** Old Italic: {{l|mul|𐌀|sc=Ital}}
-*** {{desc|la|A}}
-*** Runic: {{l|mul|ᚨ|sc=Runr}}
-* {{desc|arc|sc=Armi|𐡀}}
-** {{desc|syc|sc=Syrc|ܐ}}
-*** Nabataean: <!--[[Image:01 aleph.svg|150x25px|]] the pic should be cropped-->
-**** {{desc|ar|sc=Arab|ا}}, {{l|ar|sc=Arab|ء}}
-***** Nko: {{l|mul|ߊ|sc=Nkoo}}
-** {{desc|he|sc=Hebr|א}}
-** Mandaic: {{l|mul|ࡀ|sc=Mand}}
-** Pahlavi:
-*** Inscriptional Pahlavi: {{l|pal|𐭠|sc=Phli}}
-*** Inscriptional Parthian: {{l|xpr|𐭀|sc=Prti}}
-*** Avestan: {{l|mul|𐬀|sc=Avst}}, {{l|mul|𐬁|sc=Avst}}
-** {{qualifier|debated}} Brahmi: {{l|mul|sc=Brah|𑀅}}
 ===Gallery===

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