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This page groups letters by how each one actually represents sound, whether as a consonant-only abjad character or a full vowel-marking letter. Wikipedia notes that "originally, the alphabet was an abjad consisting only of consonants, but is now considered an impure abjad," since scribes later added vowel points. Browsing by script-type lets a visitor tell a consonant-only letter from a vowel-marked one.

Facts
Overview
What Defines This Grouping
The thirty signs of the Ugaritic cuneiform alphabet in their attested abecedary order, including the three signs that mark the glottal stop against a, i and u, and the extra sign found at the tail of the longer abecedary tablets. 2
Size of the Traditional Set
Thirty signs 2
Origins
Origin Period
Fourteenth to early twelfth century BCE, attested only in tablets from Ras Shamra. 2
Directory
Category
Alphabet Letters 1
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Baal, Deities

This source names Baal directly: "The tablets they were used to write include the Baal Cycle, the tale of Aqhat and the tale of Kirta, the fullest surviving Canaanite mythological literature."

Source The World's Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.)
Canaanites, Cultures

This source names Canaanites directly: "Ugaritic Letters are the thirty cuneiform signs of the alphabet used to write the Northwest Semitic language of Ugarit, on the Syrian coast, from roughly the fourteenth century BCE until the city's..."

Source The World's Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.)
Phoenicians, Cultures

This source names Phoenicians directly: "Ugaritic Letters are the thirty cuneiform signs of the alphabet used to write the Northwest Semitic language of Ugarit, on the Syrian coast, from roughly the fourteenth century BCE until the city's..."

Source The World's Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.)
Ugarit, Cities

This source names Ugarit directly: "Ugaritic Letters are the thirty cuneiform signs of the alphabet used to write the Northwest Semitic language of Ugarit, on the Syrian coast, from roughly the fourteenth century BCE until the city's..."

Source The World's Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.)
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. The World's Writing Systems
Peter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.), Oxford University Press, 1996View the Source
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