▁the ▁Greek ▁alphabet ▁had ▁an ▁influence . ▁In ▁the ▁south western ▁script , ▁although ▁the ▁letter ▁used ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁stop ▁con son ant ▁was ▁determined ▁by ▁the ▁following ▁v owel , ▁as ▁in ▁a ▁full ▁semi - s yll ab ary , ▁the ▁following ▁v owel ▁was ▁also ▁written , ▁as ▁in ▁an ▁alphabet . ▁A ▁similar ▁convention ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁E tr us can ▁for ▁/ k /, ▁which ▁was ▁written ▁ ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁following ▁v owel . ▁Some ▁sch ol ars ▁treat ▁T art ess ian ▁as ▁a ▁redundant ▁semi - s yll ab ary , ▁others ▁treat ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁redundant ▁alphabet . ▁ ▁The ▁south western ▁script ▁is ▁very ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁sout he astern ▁I ber ian ▁script , ▁both ▁considering ▁the ▁shape ▁of ▁the ▁signs ▁and ▁their ▁value . ▁The ▁main ▁difference ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁sout he astern ▁I ber ian ▁script ▁doesn ’ t ▁show ▁the ▁vocal ic ▁redund ancy ▁of ▁the ▁sy ll ab ic ▁signs . ▁This ▁characteristic ▁was ▁discovered ▁by ▁Ulrich ▁Sch m oll ▁and ▁allows ▁the ▁classification ▁of ▁a ▁great ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁south western ▁signs ▁into ▁v ow els , ▁con son ants ▁and ▁sy ll ab ic ▁signs . ▁Un like ▁the ▁n ort he astern ▁I ber ian ▁script , ▁the ▁de ci pher ment ▁of ▁the ▁sout he astern ▁I ber ian ▁script ▁and ▁the ▁south western ▁script ▁is ▁not ▁yet ▁closed , ▁because ▁there ▁is ▁still ▁a ▁significant ▁group ▁of ▁signs ▁for ▁which ▁there ▁is