17. Punic

  

Punic was a semitic language descended from Phoenican and spoken until about the 4th Century AD in Carthage in what is now Tunisia, and other parts of North Africa and around the Mediterreaen. The Punic alphabet developed from the Phoenician alphabet and was used for monumental inscriptions, while the cursive Neo-Punic alphabet was used elsewhere.

Notable features

• Type of writing system: abjad
• Direction of writing: right to left in horizontal lines
• Used to write: Punic and Neo-Punic

Neo-Punic alphabet

Sample text

Links

Details of the Punic language and alphabet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punic_language
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/408687/Neo-Punic-alphabet
Neo-Punic Inscriptions and Coin Legends
http://www.punic.co.uk/projects/neopunic-inscr/puninscr.html
Late Punic epigraphy, (on Google books)
http://tinyurl.com/o9q5o4