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Note however that the Phaselic writing system is for reasons of convenience represented electronically as being exactly the same as the Ugaritic cuneiform abjad. Thus any typeface supporting Ugaritic will serve to display Phaselic. | Note however that the Phaselic writing system is for reasons of convenience represented electronically as being exactly the same as the Ugaritic cuneiform abjad. Thus any typeface supporting Ugaritic will serve to display Phaselic. | ||
Phaselic is written left-to-right and traditionally only has three letters for vowels, whose use is rather restricted {{ugaritic|𐎀 𐎛 𐎜}} a͗ i͗ u͗. Additionally, the letter {{ugaritic|𐎊}} is sometimes used as a mater lectionis for ''i'' and ''ī''. | Phaselic is written left-to-right and traditionally only has three letters for vowels, whose use is rather restricted {{ugaritic|𐎀 𐎛 𐎜}} a͗ i͗ u͗. Additionally, the letter {{ugaritic|𐎊}} is sometimes used as a mater lectionis for ''i'' and ''ī''. Vowel and consonant length is not indicated in the native orthography but will be represented by macrons for the vowels and repetition of the consonant in the Latin transcription. | ||
{{ugaritic|𐎀}} a͗ {{ugaritic|𐎁}} b {{ugaritic|𐎂}} g {{ugaritic|𐎃}} ḫ {{ugaritic|𐎄}} d {{ugaritic|𐎅}} h {{ugaritic|𐎆}} w {{ugaritic|𐎇}} z | {{ugaritic|𐎀}} a͗ {{ugaritic|𐎁}} b {{ugaritic|𐎂}} g {{ugaritic|𐎃}} ḫ {{ugaritic|𐎄}} d {{ugaritic|𐎅}} h {{ugaritic|𐎆}} w {{ugaritic|𐎇}} z | ||