Phoenician alphabet online
Phoenician alphabet online. Enter a name or number and see it in ancient signs. Learn how it works, its history and a worked example.
How does Phoenician alphabet work?
What is this script?
An approximate Phoenician-letter rendering, historically read right to left.
How does it work step by step?
It is a 22-letter consonantal alphabet read from right to left. Each Latin consonant maps to the nearest Phoenician letter, vowels are approximated, and the output flips direction to match the historical reading.
Example and practical use
A name written with Phoenician letters is read from right to left; the tool flips the output direction to match that historical reading.
How to use the tool
Choose the “Phoenician alphabet" script, enter text or a number and, when available, switch the transliteration direction. The result is produced locally in your browser and can be copied or shared without sending the text to a server.
History and context
Phoenician was a consonantal alphabet written from right to left. It strongly influenced later alphabets around the Mediterranean.
Notes and limitations
This tool is educational. The output is an approximate sign transliteration, not a language translation — ancient scripts had their own spelling, grammar and context that a simple converter cannot reproduce.