the Syriac Serto Aramaic alphabet

Serto is one of the Syriac scripts for Aramaic used to write West Syriac.Its name comes from the word serta (ܣܪܛܐ) which means line.

It was a cursive,easier to write evolution of the Estrangela script. The letters are simpler and go with the flow.

The Serto script developed under Byzantine rule. This is also evident in its vowel diacritics which were adopted directly from Greek  writing. The letters are Α,Ο,Ε,Η,ΟΥ or a,o,e,i,u respectively.

While the Eastern Madnkhaya developed under the Sassanids.

Table of Serto letters

Serṭā	Transliteration	IPA
	ʾ	[ʔ] or silent
	hard: b soft: ḇ (also bh, v)	hard: [b] soft: [v] or [w]
	hard: g soft: ḡ (also gh, ġ)	hard: [ɡ] soft: [ɣ]
	hard: d soft: ḏ (also dh, ð)	hard: [d] soft: [ð]
	h	[h]
	consonant: w mater lectionis: ū or ō (also u or o)	consonant: [w] mater lectionis: [u] or [o]
	z	[z]
	ḥ	[ħ], [x], or [χ]
	ṭ	[tˤ]
	consonant: y mater lectionis: ī (also i)	consonant: [j] mater lectionis: [i] or [e]
	hard: k soft: ḵ (also kh, x)	hard: [k] soft: [x]
	l	[l]
	m	[m]
	n	[n]
	s	[s]
	ʿ	[ʕ]
	hard: p soft: ᵽ (also ph, f)	hard: [p] soft: [f]
	ṣ	[sˤ]
	q	[q]
	r	[r]
	š (also sh)	[ʃ]
	hard: t soft: ṯ (also th, θ)	hard: [t] soft: [θ]

Read also

 vowels in Syriac Aramaic.