Old Nubian and Nobiin
Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan
Old Nubian letter Alpha
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Old Nubian letter Beta
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Old Nubian letter Gamma
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Old Nubian letter Delta
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Old Nubian letter Eey
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Old Nubian letter Soou
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Old Nubian letter Zeta
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Old Nubian letter Eta
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Old Nubian letter Theta
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Old Nubian letter Iota
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Old Nubian letter Kappa
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Old Nubian letter Lola
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Old Nubian letter Mey
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Old Nubian letter Ney
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Old Nubian letter Exi
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Old Nubian letter O
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Old Nubian letter Pi
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Old Nubian letter Roo
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Old Nubian letter Seema
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Old Nubian letter Tau
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Old Nubian letter Upsilon
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Old Nubian letter Phi
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Old Nubian letter Chi
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Old Nubian letter Epsi
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Old Nubian letter Oou
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Old Nubian letter Shai
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Old Nubian letter Hori
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Old Nubian letter Shima
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Old Nubian letter Ngi
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Old Nubian letter Nyi
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Old Nubian letter Wau
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Fragment of an Old Nubian literary text written on parchment in ink. Excavated in Qasr Ibrim, Egypt. (Undated)
(English description - here)
Writing Script | Head of ox | House plan | Throw stick | Nile tilapia | Man with arms raised | Pear shaped mace | Two diagonal strokes | Plan of rectangular enclosure | Heart and trachea | Arm with downward facing palm | Hand | Crook | Water ripple | Cobra | Reed column | Eye | Wick | Mouth | Rush with shoots | Cord on stick | Head | Bow | Basket of fruit or grain | Crossed sticks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Logography |
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F1
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. O1
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T14
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. K1
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. A28
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T3
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Z4
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. 06
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F35
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D42
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D46
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. S39
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. N35
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. I10
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. R11
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D4
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V28
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D21
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M22
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V24
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D1
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T9a
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M39
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Z9
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M8
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. I9
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M12
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F18 & Y1
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. U29
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V31
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D37 & X1
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Meroitic Cursive (Parent) | Abugida |
Meroitic cursive letter O
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Meroitic cursive letter Na
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Meroitic cursive letter Ra
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Meroitic cursive letter Sa
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Meroitic cursive letter A
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Meroitic cursive letter E
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Meroitic cursive letter I
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Meroitic cursive letter Ya
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Meroitic cursive letter Wa
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Meroitic cursive letter Ba
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Meroitic cursive letter Pa
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Meroitic cursive letter Ma
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Meroitic cursive letter Ne
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Meroitic cursive letter La
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Meroitic cursive letter Kha
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Meroitic cursive letter Hha
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Meroitic hieroglyph letter Se
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Meroitic cursive letter Ka
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Meroitic cursive letter Qa
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Meroitic cursive letter Ta
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Meroitic cursive letter Te
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Meroitic cursive letter To
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Meroitic cursive letter Da
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Coptic (Parent) | Alphabet 2 c. BCE - Present |
Coptic letter Alpha (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Alpha (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Beta (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Beta (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Gamma (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Gamma (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Delta (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Delta (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Eey (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Eey (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Upsilon (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Upsilon (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Zeta (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Zeta (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Eta (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Eta (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Theta (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Theta (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Iota (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Iota (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Kappa (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Kappa (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Lola (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Lola (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Mey (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Mey (minuscule)
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Old Coptic Dialect-P/Proto-Theban letter Ni (majuscule)
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Old Coptic Dialect-P/Proto-Theban letter Ni (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Ney (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Ney (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Exi (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Exi (minuscule)
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Coptic letter O (majuscule)
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Coptic letter O (minuscule)
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Old Coptic letter Hat (majuscule)
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Old Coptic letter Hat (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Pi (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Pi (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Roo (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Roo (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Seema (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Seema (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Soou (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Soou (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Tau (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Tau (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Phi (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Phi (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Chi (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Chi (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Sampi (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Sampi (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Shai (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Shai (minuscule)
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Old Coptic letter Shei (majuscule)
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Old Coptic letter Shei (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Fai (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Fai (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Khai (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Khai (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Hori (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Hori (minuscule)
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Old Coptic letter Hori (majuscule)
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Old Coptic letter Hori (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Janja (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Janja (minuscule)
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Old Coptic letter Gangia (majuscule)
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Old Coptic letter Gangia (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Cheema (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Cheema (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Ti (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Ti (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Epsi (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Epsi (minuscule)
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Coptic letter Oou (majuscule)
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Coptic letter Oou (minuscule)
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Old Nubian | Alphabet 8 c. CE - Present |
Old Nubian letter Alpha
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Old Nubian letter Beta
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Old Nubian letter Gamma
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Old Nubian letter Delta
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Old Nubian letter Eey
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Old Nubian letter Upsilon
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Old Nubian letter Zeta
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Old Nubian letter Eta
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Old Nubian letter Theta
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Old Nubian letter Iota
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Old Nubian letter Kappa
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Old Nubian letter Lola
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Old Nubian letter Mey
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Old Nubian letter Ney
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Old Nubian letter Exi
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Old Nubian letter O
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Old Nubian letter Pi
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Old Nubian letter Roo
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Old Nubian letter Seema
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Old Nubian letter Soou
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Old Nubian letter Tau
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Old Nubian letter Phi
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Old Nubian letter Chi
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Old Nubian letter Shai
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Old Nubian letter Hori
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Old Nubian letter Shima
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Old Nubian letter Epsi
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Old Nubian letter Oou
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