Nabataean abjad

Origins

The Nabataean abjad developed from the Aramaic abjad during the 1st century AD. Stone inscriptions in the Nabataean abjad have been found in Petra, the capital of the Nabataean kingdom (c. 150 BC to 100 AD) and in Damascus and Medina. During the 4th and 5th centuries AD, the Nabataean abjad evolved into the Arabic alphabet.

Notable features

This is an abjad or consonant alphabet with no vowel indication.
Written from right to left in horizontal lines.

Used to write

Nabataean, a Semitic language closely related to Aramaic.

Nabataean alphabet

Links

Free Nabataean fonts
http://journalofbiblicalstudies.org/Links/fonts.htm

Other consonant alphabets (abjads)

Ancient Berber, Arabic, Hebrew, Mandaic, Manichaean, Middle Persian, Nabataean, Parthian, Phoenician, Proto-Hebrew, Psalter, Punic, Sabaean, Samaritan, Sogdian, South Arabian, Syriac, Tifinagh, Ugaritic

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