Chapter XXIII: Appendix: A

_TABLE SHOWING VALUES ASSIGNED TO THE LETTERS OF THE OLD PERSIAN ALPHABET_

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| Niebuhr | Tychsen, | Münter, | Grotefend,| St. Martin, | Rask,
| Alphabet | 1798 | 1800 | 1803-1815 | 1823-1832 | 1826
+----+---------+----------+----------+------------+-------------+-------
| 1 |[Persian]| | | Defective | |
| 2 | 𐏐 | | Sign of | Sign of | |
| | | |Separation| Separation | |
| 3 |[Persian]| ě | r | e | e |
| 4 | 𐎣 | l, ě | p | e | e |
| 5 | 𐎿 | ê, t, n | | s | s‛ |
| 6 | 𐎿 | | | Defective | |
| 7 | 𐎲 | l, s | b | v | r |
| 8 | 𐎼 | | | r | |
| 9 | 𐎼 | l, ê | | r | r |
| 10 | 𐎺 | ê i(u) | | e | i |
| 11 | 𐎭 | | kh | d | d |
| 12 | 𐎡 | m, ǎ, ä |o (vocal) | o | y |
| 13 |[Persian]| m | | n | n |
| 14 | 𐎱 | a, ǒ | | p or b | p |
| 15 | 𐎻 | ä | | g | v |
| 16 | 𐎨 | ǎ, ä, r | r (fort) | o | e |
| 17 |[Persian]| ä | | uncertain | |
| 18 | 𐏀 | ǎ | | gh | e |
| 19 | 𐎮 | l | | uncertain | |
| 20 |[Persian]| a | | Defective | |
| 21 | 𐎠 | a | e or a | e or a | a |
| 22 | 𐎬 | a | | th | |
| 23 | 𐎶 | | a | o | â | m
| 24 | 𐎫 | i(u) | | t | t |
| 25 | 𐎤 | d | | z, changed | h | q
| | | | | to k, 1815 | |
| 26 | 𐎰 | n, s | | i | h |
| 27 | 𐎹 | b, k, r | | h | e |
| | | | | | |
| 28 | 𐎩 | r | | ng | |
| 29 | 𐎷 | b, r | | h | e |
| 30 |[Persian]| k | | Defective | |
| 31 | 𐎴 | b, x, y | | tsch | b, changed | n
| | | | | | to m |
| | | | | | after 1826 |
| 32 | 𐎪 | x | | dj | |
| 33 | 𐎸 | x | | k | |
| 34 | 𐎯 | d, y | | z | |
| 35 | 𐎥 | u⁽ᵘ⁾ | | u | |
| 36 | 𐎢 | u, uᵘ | | u | ou |
| | | | | | |
| 37 |[Persian]| | | Defective | |
| 38 | 𐏁 | s | ou, w | sch, sh | ch |
| | | | ii, y | | |
| 39 | 𐎳 | ǒ | | f | |
| 40 | 𐎽 | s | |sch, changed| ch |
| | | | | to sr, 1815| |
| 41 | 𐏃 | j, y | | a | ou |
| | | | | | |
| 42 | 𐎧 | ô | | kh | kh |
| | Later | | | | |
| |Additions| | | | |
| 43 | 𐎵 | | | | |
| 44 | 𐎦 | | | | |
| 45 |[Persian]| | | | |
| 46 | 𐎾 | | | | |
| 47 | 𐏋 | | | King | |
| 48 | 𐏍 | | | | |
| 49 | 𐏏 | | | | |
| |Defective| | | | |
| | Signs | | | | |
| |[Persian]| x | i | | |
| |[Persian]| n | | v | |
| |[Persian]| n | | | |
| |[Persian]| t | kh | | |
| |[Persian]| sʹ | | | |
| |[Persian]| | s | | |
| |[Persian]| | o | | |
| |[Persian]| | | r | |
| |[Persian]| | | m | |
| |[Persian]| | | | h |
| |[Persian]| | | | | †
| |[Persian]| | | | | ‡
+----+---------+----------+----------+------------+-------------+-------

-------------+-----------+------------+---------+----------+----+
Burnouf, | Lassen, | Grotefend, | Beer, | Jacquet, | |
1836 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1838 | |
| | | | | |
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| | | | | 1 |
| | | | | 2 |
| | | | | |
| | | | | 3 |
k | k | e | | | 4 |
ç | ç | ç | | | 5 |
| | | | | 6 |
b | b | b | | | 7 |
| | | | | 8 |
r | r | r | | | 9 |
i | w | i | | v | 10 |
d | d | d | | | 11 |
ô |y, medial | ô | | | 12 |
| t | th | | | 13 |
p | p | p | | | 14 |
g |v, initial | g | | | 15 |
v | î y, | è(n) medial| | ch or c | 16 |
| | w | | | 17 |
z | z | gh | | | 18 |
l? | kʹ | w | | | 19 |
| | | | | 20 |
â | â | â | | | 21 |
dh | t‘ | m | | | 22 |
m | m | ǒ | | | 23 |
t | t | t | | | 24 |
q | with u 36 | k | | th | 25 |
| equal ô | | | | |
y | z | i | | | 26 |
h | h with 12 | h | y | y | 27 |
| equal ê | | | | |
h? | ñ | ng | | z | 28 |
î | ‘m? | hh | | | 29 |
| | | | | 30 |
n | n | s | | | 31 |
gh? uncertain| gʹ | dsh | | | 32 |
gh? uncertain| g‛ | s s | | | 33 |
gh | d‛ | z? | | | 34 |
û | g | y | | | 35 |
u |u with 10 | u | | | 36 |
| equal q | | | | |
| | | | | 37 |
ch | s‛ | sh | | | 38 |
f | f | f | | | 39 |
l | s‛ | r_k_ (h?) | |r before u| 40 |
a |a, initial | ǎ | h | h | 41 |
|n̆g, medial | | | | |
kh | k‛ | kh | | | 42 |
| | | | | 43 |
gh? uncertain| g‛ | gʹ | | | 44 |
| | | | | 45 |
| | | | | 46 |
| | | | | 47 |
| | v | | | 48 |
| | | | | 49 |
† | t | | | | |
‡ | v, | | | | |
| û, medial | | | | |
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Lassen, | Hincks, | Rawlinson,| Rawlinson, | Hincks, | |
1844 | June 1846 | before | after August | Dec. | |
| |August 1846| 1846 | 1846 | |
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| | | | | 1 |
| | | | | 2 |
| | | | | 3 |
k | k | k | k before a & i | k | 4 |
ç | s | s |s before a, i, u?| s | 5 |
| | | | | 6 |
b | b | b | b before a, i, u| b | 7 |
| | | | | 8 |
r | r | r | r before a & i | r | 9 |
w | w | w | v before a & u | w? | 10 |
d | d | d | d before a | d | 11 |
i | i | i | | i | 12 |
thr | tr | tř | tř | thr | 13 |
p | p | p | p before a, i, u| p | 14 |
v | w before i | v | v before i | w(i) | 15 |
k’ | ch | ch | ch before a & | ch | 16 |
| | | | | 17 |
z | zh | z | z before a, u? | zh | 18 |
k’h |d (before i)| t with i | d before i | d(i) | 19 |
| | | | | 20 |
â | a | a | a | a | 21 |
d’h | t before u | t’h | t before u | t(u) | 22 |
ʹm | m | m | m before a | m | 23 |
t | t | t | t before a & i | t | 24 |
q | k before u | kh | k before u | k(u) | 25 |
θ | z | th |th before a, i, u| th | 26 |
j for y | y | y | y before a, i, u| y | 27 |
z’ | j | jh | j before a | j | 28 |
‘m | m before i | m (with i)| m before i | m(i) | 29 |
| | | | | 30 |
n | n | n | n before a & i | n | 31 |
g’ | zh before i| j | j before i | j(i) | 32 |
ψ | kh before u| m (with u)| m before u | m(u) | 33 |
dh | d before u| dh | d before u | d(u) | 34 |
g | g | g | g before a | g | 35 |
u | u | u | u | u | 36 |
| | | | | 37 |
s | sh | sh |sh before a, i, u| sh | 38 |
f | p before r | f | f before a? | ph(r) | 39 |
‘r | r before u | r (with u)| r before u | r(u) | 40 |
h | h | h |h before a, i, u | h | 41 |
kh | kh | kʹh | kh before a & u | kh | 42 |
| | n (with u)| n before u | n(u) | 43 |
gh | g before u | gh | g before u | g(u) | 44 |
rp | rp | q? | doubtful final | | 45 |
| | ñ | ñ | ñ | 46 |
| | | | | 47 |
dᵃh | | dah? | | | 48 |
bumi | | bumʹi | | | 49 |
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