Unicode Block - Old North Arabian

Old North Arabian is a script used in antiquity across the Arabian Peninsula and the Levant, primarily for recording a group of dialects that predate classical Arabic. The characters, which include letters for consonants and a distinct set of word dividers, were typically carved into stone or metal, and the writing system runs from right to left. Its glyphs are angular and linear, reflecting their incised origin, and the script is closely related to other South Semitic alphabets, such as Dadanitic and Thamudic. The encoded characters in this range preserve the historical forms of the letters, allowing modern scholars to digitally represent and study inscriptions that document the region’s pre-Islamic linguistic and cultural heritage.