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The Aramaic square script (ktav Ashuri) has 22 consonant letters, written right to left. Click any letter to see its name, sound value, IPA, and an example word from Daniel or Ezra.

22 letters — all consonants. Vowels are written as small diacritical marks (niqqud) added by the Masoretes. The script reads right to left. Click any letter card for details.

Alaph

Trans:ʾ (glottal stop)IPA:/ʔ/Category:LaryngealPosition:1/22

The silent letter — a glottal stop. Often acts as a vowel carrier. In Aramaic it also appears as a final silent letter (mater lectionis) and as the determined state suffix ־א. Name means "ox."

God

אֱלָהּ

ʾĕlāh — God (Daniel 2:18)