Imperial Aramaic alphabet edit
Redrawn from A Grammar of Biblical Aramaic, Franz Rosenthal; forms are as used in Egypt, 5th century BC. Names are as in Biblical Aramaic.
| Letter name | Letter form | Letter | Transliteration | Equivalent Letter in ... | Sound value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | Syriac | Arabic | Brahmi | Nabataean | Kharosthi | |||||
| Ālaph | 
|
𐡀 | ʾ (oder einfach ' ) | א | ܐ | ء | 
|
|
|
/ʔ/; /aː/, /eː/ |
| Bēth | 
|
𐡁 | b (oder v?) | ב | ܒ | ب | 
|
|
|
/b/, /v/ |
| Gāmal | 
|
𐡂 | g | ג | ܓ | /ʒ/=ج | 
|
|
|
/ɡ/, /ɣ/ |
| Dālath | 
|
𐡃 | d | ד | ܕ | /ð/د,ذ/d/,ض/ḏ/,ظ/ḍ/ | 
|
|
|
/ð/, /d/ |
| Hē | 
|
𐡄 | h | ה | ܗ | ﻫ | ? | 
|
? | /h/ |
| Waw | 
|
𐡅 | w | ו | ܘ | و | 
|
|
|
/w/; /oː/, /uː/ |
| Zain | 
|
𐡆 | z | ז | ܙ | ز | ? | 
|
? | /z/ |
| Ḥēth | 
|
𐡇 | ḥ | ח | ܚ | /X/ﺧ, /ħ/ﺣ | ? | 
|
? | /ħ/ /X/ |
| Ṭēth | 
|
𐡈 | ṭ | ט | ܛ | ط /ṯ/ | 
|
|
|
emphatic /tˤ/ |
| Yudh | 
|
𐡉 | y | י | ܝ | ي | 
|
|
|
/j/; /iː/, /eː/ |
| Kāph | 
|
𐡊 | k | כ ך | ܟܟ | ك | 
|
|
|
/k/, /x/ |
| Lāmadh | 
|
𐡋 | l | ל | ܠ | ﻟـ | 
|
|
|
/l/ |
| Mim | 
|
𐡌 | m | מ ם | ܡܡ | ﻣ | 
|
|
|
/m/ |
| Nun | 
|
𐡍 | n | נ ן | ܢܢ ܢ | ن | 
|
|
|
/n/ |
| Semkath | 
|
𐡎 | s | ס | ܣ | ﺳ | 
|
|
|
/s/ |
| ʿĒ | 
|
𐡏 | ʿ (oder ägyptologisches Ꜥ ?) | ע | ܥ | ﻏ/,/ﻋ/ʁ/ | ? | 
|
? | /ʕ/ |
| Pē | 
|
𐡐 | p | פ ף | ܦ | /f/ف | 
|
|
|
/p/, /f/ |
| Ṣādhē |  , 
|
𐡑 | ṣ | צ ץ | ܨ | ص | 
|
|
|
emphatic /sˤ/ |
| Qoph | 
|
𐡒 | q | ק | ܩ | ق | 
|
|
|
/q/ |
| Rēsh | 
|
𐡓 | r | ר | ܪ | ر | 
|
|
|
/r/ |
| Shin | 
|
𐡔 | š | ש | ܫ | ﺷ | 
|
|
|
/ʃ/ |
| Tau | 
|
𐡕 | t | ת | ܬ | /t/ﺗـ,/θ/ﺛـ | 
|
|
|
/t/, /θ/ |