Sab'yn Status

[Ibrahim]

How did you do them backwards '?'-like symbols. I'm temporarly using brackets instead of them '(' or ')'. I'm gonna make the list in the Sabaic alphabet followed by a transscripted version and followed by a more readible sort of transcirption/phonetic. (possibly with vowels)

Any suggestions on doing the latter? Also I'm using Sabaean44.ttf for sabaic, you can download it for free. (use google).

well, if the curve faces to the right (exactly like ?), I usually place a ' in its place. if its backwards, I place a 3 instead. otherwise, I can't make those signs directly. (besides, they can be confusing: I once mistranliterated the sabaic for "father" as 3b, instead of the correct 'b).

I think I'll have to share the standard I came up with, to ease problems.

EDIT: moros, I'll send you the "semetic standard" I came up with. I use it to compare sabaic to Arabic and akkadian. I send it to you, as the signs are distinctive for each sound, easing transcription. I used it for the mini lexicon.