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'''Śawt''' <big>{{Unicode|ሠ}}</big> is a letter of the [[Ge'ez abugida]], descended from [[South Arabian alphabet|Epigraphic South Arabian]] [[Image:himjar_sin.PNG|14px]], but representing ś like ESA [[Image:himjar za.PNG|14px]]. It is reconstructed as descended from a [[Proto-Semitic]] [[voiceless lateral fricative]] {{Semxlit|*ś}} {{IPA|[ɬ]}}. It survived only in [[South Semitic]] as an independent phoneme.
'''Śawt''' <big>{{Unicode|ሠ}}</big> is a letter of the [[Ge'ez abugida]], descended from [[South Arabian alphabet|Epigraphic South Arabian]] [[Image:himjar_shin.PNG|14px]], but representing ś like ESA [[Image:himjar za.PNG|14px]]. It is reconstructed as descended from a [[Proto-Semitic]] [[voiceless lateral fricative]] {{Semxlit|*ś}} {{IPA|[ɬ]}}. It survived only in [[South Semitic]] as an independent phoneme.





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


Proto-Semitic Akkadian Arabic Phoenician Hebrew Aramaic Ge'ez
Template:Semxlit Template:Semxlit ش Template:ArabDIN š Template:Semxlit שׂ Template:Semxlit שׂ Template:Semxlit Template:Semxlit

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