P
Florian Coulmas
This chapter of the encyclopedia on writing systems, scripts and orthographies all world's major languages discusses terms concepts beginning with alphabet ‘P’︁. ‘P’︁, sixteenth letter English is a descendant from Semitic pé through Greek pi Latin, where it got its present form. The commences discussion Pahlavi script, which principal script Middle Persian, spoken third century BCE to ninth CE. (also Pehlevi) derivative Aramaic consonant script. talks about Pallava Palmyran papyrus Pashto writing. Persian alphabet, Phaistos disk Philippine are also discussed.