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 ===Orthography===
-Japhethite is written with the Syriac alphabet, which proceeds RTL.  Vowels are typically omitted, able to be inferred from context.  When written, they are small ligatures above or below the consonants.  Fully six letters are ''mater lectionis'', which means it can be hard to tell whether they are indicating long vowels/diphthongs, or whether they are consonants.  They are
+<center>
-# i=Y
+{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50em; text-align: center; border-collapse:collapse;"
-# u=E
+! colspan="23" | Letters of the Japhethite abjad
-# e=H
+|-
-# o=Ħ~X
+| ø~ā || b || g || d || h~ē || w~ū || ʃ~ʒ || χ~ʁ~ō || t || j~ī || k || l || m || n || s~z || ŋ || p || ɸ~β || t͡ʃ || q || ɾ~r̅ || ɬ || θ̼
-# r=R
+|-
-# a=ʔ
+| ܐ || ܒ || ܓ || ܕ || ܗ || ܘ || ܙ || ܚ || ܛ || ܝ || ܟ || ܠ || ܡ || ܢ || ܣ || ܥ || ܦ || ܧ || ܨ || ܩ || ܪ || ܫ || ܬ
+|-
+| ālef || beþ || gamal || dalaþ || heh || waw || šayn || xeþ || teþ || yod || kaf || lamad || mīm || nun || semkat || ŋeŋ || peh || fr̅ || čade || qōf || reł || łin || þā
+|}
+</center>
+Japhethite is written with 23 letters of the Syriac abjad, RTL.  Vowels are typically omitted, able to be inferred from context.  When written, they are small ligatures above or below the consonants.  Fully six letters are ''mater lectionis'', which means it can be hard to tell whether they are indicating long vowels/diphthongs, or whether they are consonants.  They are
+# i=Y, e.g. MYM = mīm
+# u=W, e.g. NWN = nūn
+# e=H, e.g. PH = pē
+# o=Ħ~X, e.g. QXF = qōf
+# r=R, e.g. FR = fr̅
+# a=ʔ, e.g. ÞA = þā
 ===Consonants===
 {| class="bluetable"