Editing Samaritan script (section)

=== Consonants ===
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!'''Letter'''
!Name
!IPA
!Approximate western European pronunciation
!Jewish Hebrew equivalent
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|ࠀ
|'''''<u>ʾ</u>'''ālāf''
|[[Zero consonant|∅]] ~ [<nowiki/>[[Glottal stop|ʔ]]]
|Either [[Silent letter|silent]] or like in  '''''_'''uh-'''_'''oh''. Also used as [[mater lectionis]] for certain [[Open vowel|open vowels]].
|א
|-
|ࠁ
|'''''<u>b</u>'''īt''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiced bilabial plosive|b]]]
|Like in '''''<u>b</u>'''ear''.
|ב
|-
|ࠂ
|'''''<u>g</u>'''āʾman''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiced velar plosive|g]]]
|Like in '''''<u>g</u>'''oat''.
|ג
|-
|ࠃ
|'''''<u>d</u>'''āʾlāt''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiced alveolar plosive|d]]]
|Like in '''''<u>d</u>'''ingle''.
|ד
|-
|ࠄ
|'''''<u>ʾ</u>'''īy''
|[[Zero consonant|∅]] ~ [<nowiki/>[[Glottal stop|ʔ]]]
|Either silent or like in  '''''_'''uh-'''_'''oh''.
|ה
|-
|ࠅ
|'''''<u>b</u>'''å̄''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiced bilabial plosive|b]]], [<nowiki/>[[Voiced labial–velar approximant|w]]]
|Usually like in '''''<u>b</u>'''ear'', but like in '''''<u>w</u>'''ater'' in certain situations. Also used as mater lectionis for certain [[Back vowel|back vowels]].
|ו
|-
|ࠆ
|'''''<u>z</u>'''ēn''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiced alveolar sibilant|z]]]
|Like in '''''<u>z</u>'''ax''.
|ז
|-
|ࠇ
|'''''<u>ʿ</u>'''īt''
|[[Zero consonant|∅]] ~ [<nowiki/>[[Glottal stop|ʔ]]], [<nowiki/>[[Voiced pharyngeal fricative|ʕ]]]
|No equivalent pronunciation in [[Standard English]]. Like [[Scottish English|Scottish]] ''lo'''<u>ch</u>''''', but [[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]], but usually either silent or like in  '''''_'''uh-'''_'''oh''.
|ח
|-
|ࠈ
|'''''<u>ṭ</u>'''īt''
|[<nowiki/>[[Pharyngealization|tˤ]]]
|No equivalent pronunciation in Standard English, like a /t/ sound but [[Emphatic consonant|emphatic]].
|ט
|-
|ࠉ
|'''<u>''y''</u>'''''ūt''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiced palatal approximant|j]]]
|Like in '''''<u>y</u>'''olk''. Also used as mater lectionis for certain [[Close vowel|close vowels]].
|י
|-
|ࠊ
|'''''<u>k</u>'''āf''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiceless velar plosive|k]]]
|Like in ''s'''<u>k</u>'''irt''.
|כ
|-
|ࠋ
|'''''<u>l</u>'''āʾbāt''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]]]
|Like in '''''<u>l</u>'''uck''.
|ל
|-
|ࠌ
|'''''<u>m</u>'''īm''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiced bilabial nasal|m]]]
|Like in '''''<u>m</u>'''other''.
|מ
|-
|ࠍ
|'''''<u>n</u>'''ūn''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiced alveolar nasal|n]]]
|Like in '''''<u>n</u>'''ight''.
|נ
|-
|ࠎ
|'''''<u>s</u>'''inʾgå̄t''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiceless alveolar sibilant|s]]]
|Like in '''''<u>s</u>'''ight''.
|ס
|-
|ࠏ
|'''''<u>ʿ</u>'''īn''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiced pharyngeal fricative|ʕ]]], [[Zero consonant|∅]] ~ [<nowiki/>[[Glottal stop|ʔ]]]
|No equivalent pronunciation in Standard English. Like [[Scottish English|Scottish]] ''lo'''<u>ch</u>''''', but voiced, but usually either silent or like in '''''_'''uh-'''_'''oh''.
|ע
|-
|ࠐ
|'''''<u>f</u>'''ī''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiceless labiodental fricative|<nowiki>f</nowiki>]]], [<nowiki/>[[Gemination|bː]]]
|No equivalent pronunciation in Standard English. Usually like in '''''<u>f</u>'''ather''.
|פ
|-
|ࠑ
|'''''<u>ṣ</u>'''å̄ʾdīy''
|[<nowiki/>[[Pharyngealization|sˤ]]]
|No equivalent pronunciation in Standard English, like an /s/ sound but emphatic.
|צ
|-
|ࠒ
|'''''<u>q</u>'''ūf''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiceless uvular plosive|q]]]
|No equivalent pronunciation in Standard English. Like [[Multicultural London English]] '''''<u>c</u>'''ut''.
|ק
|-
|ࠓ
|'''''<u>r</u>'''īš''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiced alveolar trill|r]]]
|No equivalent pronunciation in Standard English. Like Scottish ''<u>'''r'''</u>ight''.
|ר
|-
|ࠔ
|'''''<u>š</u>'''ān''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiceless postalveolar fricative|ʃ]]]
|Like in '''''<u>sh</u>'''ort''.
|ש
|-
|ࠕ
|'''''<u>t</u>'''å̄f''
|[<nowiki/>[[Voiceless alveolar plosive|t]]]
|Like in ''ra'''<u>t</u>'''''.
|ת
|}