Alphabetisation
In Panjakent there was found inscribed Sogdian alphabet, so we can suppose alphabetisation rules - they are the same as in Aramaic alphabet, but the letter Lāmadh is repeated at the end of the alphabet for values δ, θ.
| Transcription | ˀ | β | γ | d | h | w | z | x | ṭ | y | k | l | m | n | s | ˁ | p | c | q | r | š | t | δ |
| Value | ā̆, ə, ɨ | β, f | γ, x | * | Ø, ā̆ | w, ʷ, ū̆, ō̆, ü, ȫ | z, ž, ẓ̌/δʳ | x | * | y, ī̆, ē̆, ɨ, ə, ǟ | k, g | l | m, ṁ | n, ṁ | s | * | p, b, f | č, ǰ, ts | * | r, ʳ, l | š, ṣ̌/θʳ | t, d | δ, θ |
| Aramaic values | ʔ | B | G | D | H | W | Z | Ḥ | Ṭ | Y | K | L | M | N | S | ʕ | P | Ṣ | Q | R | Š | T | (L) |
* those letters are not used in Sogdian words.
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