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Old North Arabian (Ancient North Arabian)

Old North Arabian was a script used in ancient times in North Arabia. This script is also known as Ancient North Arabian or Pahlavi. It is one of the earliest alphabets which was used for writing the Arabian language. This script was used before the rise of Islam. This script is written from right to left. The letters of Old North Arabian are different from those of Arabic. The letters are mostly consonants with some vowels. The letters are written in different forms depending on whether they are at the beginning, middle or end of a word. The Old North Arabian script was used to write a variety of languages spoken in ancient North Arabia. These languages included Aramaic, Arabic, Nabataean and Palmyrene. The Old North Arabian script is believed to have been derived from the Aramaic script. Aramaic was the dominant language in the region during the time when Old North Arabian was used. The Aramaic script was adapted to write Arabic when it became the dominant language in the region. The Old North Arabian script fell into disuse after the rise of Islam. The Arabic script became the dominant script in the region. The Old North Arabian script is no longer used to write any language.

Script type

Right-to-left alphabetic scripts

Script origin

Script code
Narb
Numeric code
106