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{{short description|Ethiopic letter}}
'''Śawt''' <big>{{Unicode|}}</big> is a letter of the [[Ge'ez abugida]], descended from [[South Arabian alphabet|Epigraphic South Arabian]] [[Image:himjar shin.PNG|14px]], in Ge'ez representing ś. It is reconstructed as descended from a [[Proto-Semitic]] [[voiceless lateral fricative]] {{transl|sem|*ś}} {{IPA|[ɬ]}}. It survived only in [[South Semitic]] as an independent phoneme.
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'''Śawt''' <big>ሠ</big> is a letter of the [[Ge'ez abugida]], descended from [[South Arabian alphabet|Epigraphic South Arabian]] [[Image:himjar shin.PNG|14px]], in Ge'ez representing ś. It is reconstructed as descended from a [[Proto-Semitic]] [[voiceless lateral fricative]] {{transl|sem|*ś}} {{IPA|[ɬ]}}, like the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] pronunciation of the '''ll''' in '''ll'''wyd. It survived only in [[South Semitic]] as an independent phoneme.


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! {{transl|sem|ś}}
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| {{transl|sem|š}}
| <font size="5" style="line-height:115%">{{script/Arabic|[[ش]]}}</span> || {{transl|ar|DIN|š}}
| <span style="font-size:190%; line-height:115%;">{{lang|ar|[[ش]]}}</span> || {{transl|ar|DIN|š}}
| [[Image:phoenician sin.png|16px|š]] || {{transl|sem|š}}
| [[Image:Phoenician sin.svg|16px|š]] || {{transl|sem|š}}
| <font size="5" style="line-height:115%">{{script|Hebr|[[שׂ]]}}</span> || {{transl|sem|s}}
| <span style="font-size:190%; line-height:115%;">{{Script/Hebrew|[[שׂ]]}}</span> || {{transl|sem|s}}
| <font size="5" style="line-height:115%">{{script|Hebr|[[שׂ]]}}</span> || {{transl|sem|s}}
| <span style="font-size:190%; line-height:115%;">{{Script/Hebrew|[[שׂ]]}}</span> || {{transl|sem|s}}
| <font size="5" style="line-height:115%">{{script|Ethi|ሠ}}</span> || {{transl|sem|ś}}
| <span style="font-size:190%; line-height:115%;">{{script|Ethi|ሠ}}</span> || {{transl|sem|ś}}
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|-
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Ḍäppa]] {{transl|sem|ṣ́}} {{Unicode|}}
*[[Ḍäppa]] {{transl|sem|ṣ́}} ፀ
*[[Proto-Semitic]]
*[[Proto-Semitic]]
*[[Sat (letter)]] {{transl|sem|s}} {{Unicode|}}
*[[Sat (letter)]] {{transl|sem|s}} ሰ
*[[Shin (letter)]]
*[[Shin (letter)]]


{{DEFAULTSORT:Sawt}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sawt}}
[[Category:Ge'ez language]]
[[Category:Ge'ez language]]

[[am:ሠውት]]
[[fr:ሠ]]

Latest revision as of 11:41, 6 January 2024

Śawt is a letter of the Ge'ez abugida, descended from Epigraphic South Arabian , in Ge'ez representing ś. It is reconstructed as descended from a Proto-Semitic voiceless lateral fricative [ɬ], like the Welsh pronunciation of the ll in llwyd. It survived only in South Semitic as an independent phoneme.

Proto-Semitic Akkadian Arabic Phoenician Hebrew Aramaic Ge'ez
ś š ش š š š שׂ s שׂ s ś

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