Abjad writing systems

Semitic alphabet used for writing Hebrew, Samaritan, Yiddish, Judaeo-Spanish, and other Jewish languages

abjad found in Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions across the Mediterranean from the 11th–2nd centuries BCE

formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians

An abjad (; or abgad ) is a writing system in which only consonants are represented by letter signs, leaving the vowels to be inferred by the reader (unless represented otherwise, such as by diacritics). This contrasts with alphabets that provide graphemes for both consonants and vowels. The term was introduced in 1990 by Peter T. Daniels. Other terms for the same concept include partial phonemic script, segmentally linear defective phonographic script, consonantary, consonant writing, and consonantal alphabet.

writing system for Arabic and some Asian and African languages

semitic alphabet used to write Aramaic languages

Tifinagh (Tuareg Berber language: ; Neo-Tifinagh: ; Berber Latin alphabet: ; ) is a script used to write the Berber languages. Tifinagh is descended from the ancient Libyco-Berber alphabet. The traditional Tifinagh, sometimes called Tuareg Tifinagh, is still favored by the Tuareg people of the Sahara desert in southern Algeria, northeastern Mali, northern Niger, and northern Burkina Faso for writing the Tuareg languages. Neo-Tifinagh is an alphabet developed by the Berber Academy by adopting Tuareg Tifinagh for use for Kabyle; it has been since modified for use across North Africa.

writing system primarily used to write the Syriac language from the 1st century AD

Middle Bronze Age script

Cuneiform consonantal alphabet of 30 letters

abjad used for writing Old South Arabian languages

abjad-based writing systems used for Middle Iranian languages

abjad

alphabet used for the Sogdian language of central Asia

writing system

semi-cursive Hebrew typeface used for traditional commentaries

abjad-based writing system associated with the spread of Manichaean religion

alphabet used for writing the Mandaic language

abjad used to write the Palmyrene dialect of Aramaic

system of shorthand for English, developed by Isaac Pitman

extinct alphabet

esoteric writing described by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa in the 16th century

abjad which was used for writing Middle Persian on paper

The Elymaic alphabet is a right-to-left, non-joining abjad. It is derived from the Aramaic alphabet. Elymaic was used in the ancient state of Elymais, which was a semi-independent state of the 2nd century BCE to the early 3rd century CE, frequently a vassal under Parthian control, in the present-day region of Khuzestan, Iran (Susiana).

script used to write Parthian language on coins of Parthia from the time of Arsaces I of Parthia (250 BC)