Middle Semitic/Orthography

There is not an exact middle between all the parent languages. A compromise position is needed at every turn. Neo-Aramaic is the best "middle ground".

ܐ ܁ ܒ ܁ ܓ ܁ ܕ ܁ ܗ ܁ ܘ ܁ ܙ ܁ ܚ ܁ ܛ ܁ ܝ ܁ ܟ ܁ ܠ ܁ ܡ ܁ ܢ ܁ ܣ ܁ ܥ ܁ ܦ܁ ܨ ܁ ܩ ܁ ܪ ܁ ܫ ܁ ܬ

(RTL) ʾalap, bet, gamal, dalat, he, wo, zen, ḥe, ṭet, yod, kap, lamad, mim, nun, samkat, ʿe, pe, ṣade, qop, reš, šin, to

Map

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	(Alv)Pal.	Velar	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal	m ܡ	n ܢ
Voiced	b~v ܒ	d~ð ܕ	z ܐ		g~ɣ ܓ	ʕ ܖ
Unvoiced	p~f ܦ	t~θ ܬ	s ܣ	š ܫ	k~x ܟ	ḥ ܚ	h ܗ
Emphatic		ṭ ܜ	ṣ ܨ		q ܩ		ʔ ܐ
Approx.		l ܠ	r ܪ	y ܥ	w ܘ

For purposes of weak conjugations/declensions, all pharyngeals and glottal's are considered "gutteral's".

Vowels

True vowels are diacritic, written on the table to the right upon a bet to show placement:

	Front	Center	Back
High	i ܒܻ / ܒܺ		u ܒܾ / ܒܽ
Middle	e ܒܷ / ܒܶ		o ܒܴ // ܒܳ
Low	a ܒܱ / ܒܰ

Diacritics

a, w, and y are assumed to always be mater lectionis, so when they are consonants (in full spelling), they get a superscript 'alef, which looks like this ܐܑ ܁ ܘܑ ܁ ܝܑ.

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