Elymaic
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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).
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It sits within the topics Abjad writing systems, Elymais and Obsolete writing systems.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- unicase alphabet
- Named after
- Elymais
- Based on
- Aramaic alphabet
- Image
- Elymaic letter aleph.svg
- Has use
- Parthian
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- script directionality
- right-to-left
- Unicode range
- U+10FE0-10FFF
- inception
- 0200-00-00
- end time
- 0300-00-00
- name
- élymaïque
- Commons category
- Elymaic alphabet
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Encyclopedic overview
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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).
==Unicode==
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