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Nabataean
Type	Abjad
Spoken languages	Nabataean language
Time period	2nd century BC to 4th century AD
Parent systems	Proto-Canaanite alphabet Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Syriac alphabet Nabataean; ; ; ;
Child systems	Arabic alphabet
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The Nabataean alphabet is a consonantal alphabet (abjad) that was used by the Nabataeans in the 2nd century BC. Important inscriptions are found in Petra. The alphabet is descended from the Aramaic alphabet via the Syriac alphabet. It in turn developed into the Arabic alphabet from the 4th century, which is why its letterforms are intermediate between the more northerly Semitic scripts (such as the Hebrew) and Arabic.

Name	Arabic Alphabet	Hebrew Alphabet
Aleph	ا/ء	א
Bet	ب	ב
Gimel	ج	ג
Dal	ﺩ	ד
Ha	ه	ה
Waw	ﻭ	ו
Zayn	ﺯ	ז
Ħa	ح	ח
Ṭaa	ﻁ	ט
Yaa	ي	י
Kaf	ﻛ/ك	כ
Lam	ل	ל
Meem	م	מ
Noon	ن	נ
Samech	---	ס
'in	ع	ע
Fa	ف	פ
Ṣad	ص	צ
Qaf	ﻕ	ק
Ra	ﺭ	ר
Shin	س، ش	שׁש
Ta	ﺕ	ת