The West-Syriac Alphabet with English Pronunciation

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by  Ashur Cherry

The West-Syriac Alphabet with English Pronunciation

Final Medial Initial Pronunciation Letter Numerical English
Alone
Form Form Form As In Name Value Value
A Bõ amen / apple õōlaf 1 õ
D Eõ õGõ õF boy / bat bēṯ 2 b
H Iõ õKõ õJ gave / gift gōmal 3 g
L Mõ den / door dōlaṯ/d 4 d
N Oõ hello / hey hē 5 h
P Qõ wet / war wāw 6 w
R Sõ zip / zebra zay(n) 7 z
T Uõ õWõ õV hand / him ḥēṯ 8 ḥ
X Yõ õ[õ õZ turn / time ṭēṯ 9 ṭ
a bõ õdõ õc yet / yes yōd 10 y
e fõ õhõ õg kite / king kōf 20 k
i jõ õlõ õk leaf / learn lōmad 30 l
m nõ õpõ õo moon / mom mīm 40 m
q rõ õtõ õs noon / now nūn 50 n
u võ õxõ õw son / support semkaṯ 60 s
y zõ õÂõ õÁ eve / eel Õayn 70 Õ
à Äõ õÆõ õÅ pit / power pē 80 p
Ç Èõ sits / nuts ṣōdē 90 ṣ
É Êõ õÌõ õË cry / queen qōf 100 q
Í Îõ rush / rain rēš 200 r
Ï Ðõ õÒõ õÑ ship / shine šīn 300 š
Ó Ôõ ten / tall tāw 400 t
Author: Ashur Cherry
York University
Title: The West-Syriac Alphabet
with English Pronunciation
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario
Copyright: 2007
Ref. No.: 299

References

Brock, Sebastian P. (Editor) The Hidden Pearl: The Syrian Orthodox Church and Its
Ancient Aramaic Heritage Volume I. Roma: Trans World Film Italia,
©2001. p. 38.

Daniels, Peter T. and William Bright. (Editors) The World's Writing Systems.
New York: Oxford University Press, ©1996. p. 500.

Hetzron, Robert. (Editor) The Semitic Languages. New York: Routledge,
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Dedication

I dedicate all my work published in 2007 to His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV,
Catholicos-Patriarch of The Assyrian Church of the East, with love and respect.