Book Title: Alphabet Key To History Of Mankind
Author(s): David Diringer
Publisher: Hutchinsons Scientific and Technical Publications
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APPENDIX TO CHAPTER IV
209 Ethiopian systems. There are six vowel marks: short a, long a; e, 1, 0 and u. With the exception of the long a, indicated by a kind of capital s (S) above the consonant with which it is connected, all the other vowels are represented by signs marked at the bottom left hand of the connected
ܘ ܀ ܙܐ ܙ ܙ
ܕ ܐ ܩ ܩ ܩ ܕ ܗ ܗ
ܗ ܢ
JS 9193
دا له -1
اول دام
M LAL
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Fig. 139 Ja 929n- en av 1. 'The Yezidi cryptic alphaber. 2-3. Specimetis Samas ollapu nne fa
from the Yezidi Kutub al-falter und Mikha Reshi
(according to P. Anastase Marie). 4. Specimen Jnelan etnog
from the Balti script (St. John's Gospel, iii, 16), with transliteration and translation into English (according to Sir G. A. Grierson). 5. The Somali
alphabet ang 1391944 wumia
م
له دو وادو د ادل ۲۰
ܝܐܝܘ ܝܐ ܝܙܐܕ݂ܶܘܠ ܙܕܘܠܢ;
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iaith-sort making all not die, that JEPPE MP 99 66 cp
patse khong-lal hrtante duk-pi + 3 HAR PÅ zey JP5 from him to faithful being ones-of tuksur-luk thop-Esc ere,huri bu chik-bumins ditse khoi miliving-short receive, saiying, luis son only one gave: thus him-by menvull-bo-lah Tgas. land-to liked
su alHhA76 & 6 r7 E
e s nsa h Le 9 9 7 st
9k ? mn why Koal letter: short a by a dash (-), e by an oblique stroke, i by a hook, o by a kind of comma, and by a curl. The final consonant (that is a consonant which is not followed by a vowel) is marked by a point on its top.
On the whole it may be said that the inventor of this script knew
