Syriac alphabet

The Syriac alphabet, used for writing the Syriac language, and sporadically also Malayalam (in the Malankara Orthodox Church) and Arabic (among Middle Eastern Christians, in a practice known as Garshuni), is an Aramaic alphabet. It has three principal varieties: square Estrangela, Nestorian "Assyrian" or the Chaldean script, and Maronite or the Jacobite script. These differ in letter forms (like Celtic, Gothic, and Roman types in the Latin alphabet) and also in vowel signs. Only Estrangela is given in the table.

Syriac Estrangela script

Letter	Normal format	Final connected	Final non-connected	Unicode character	Pronunciation
Alap				ܐ	"A"
Beth				ܒ	"B"
Gamal				ܓ	Hard "G"
Daleth				ܕ	"D"
Heh				ܗ	"H"
Waw				ܘ	"W" or "O" or "U", depending on word
Zain				ܙ	"Z"
Kheth				ܚ	"Kh", no English equivalent (as in Scottish loch)
Teth				ܛ	Hard "T"
Yodh				ܝ	"Y" or "E", depending on word
Kap				ܟ	"K", sometimes "Kh"
Lamadh				ܠ	"L"
Meem				ܡ	"M"
Noon				ܢ	"N"
Simkath				ܣ / ܤ	"S"
Ain				ܥ	Similar to "Ahh", no English equivalent
Payin				ܦ	"P"
Tsade				ܨ	"Ts"
Qoph				ܩ	"Q"
Resh				ܪ	"R"
Sheen				ܫ	"Sh"
Taw				ܬ	"T"
					Lamadh & Alap combined at end of word
					Taw & Alap combined at end of word

Syriac in Unicode

The Syriac Unicode range is U+0700 ... U+074F.

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

700

܀

܁

܂

܃

܄

܅

܆

܇

܈

܉

܊

܋

܌

܍

܎

܏

710

ܐ

ܑ

ܒ

ܓ

ܔ

ܕ

ܖ

ܗ

ܘ

ܙ

ܚ

ܛ

ܜ

ܝ

ܞ

ܟ

720

ܠ

ܡ

ܢ

ܣ

ܤ

ܥ

ܦ

ܧ

ܨ

ܩ

ܪ

ܫ

ܬ

ܭ

ܮ

ܯ

730

ܰ

ܱ

ܲ

ܳ

ܴ

ܵ

ܶ

ܷ

ܸ

ܹ

ܺ

ܻ

ܼ

ܽ

ܾ

ܿ

740

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݁

݂

݃

݄

݅

݆

݇

݈

݉

݊

݋

݌

ݍ

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