) = aleph	b = beth	g = gimel	d = daleth	h = he	w = waw
z = zayin	x = heth	T = teth	y = yodh	k = kaph	l = lamedh
m = mem	n = nun	s = samekh	( = ayin	p = pe	c = tzade
q = qoph	r = resh	$ = shin	& = sin	t = taw	P = emph. p
Jewish Aramaic:	a = pataḥ	A = qameṣ	e = seghol	E = ṣere	i = ḥireq
u = qibbuṣ	U = šureq	o = holem	O = plene holem	: = shewa	:a = ḥ/pataḥ
:e = ḥ/seghol	:o = ḥ/qameṣ	% = sof pasuq
Syriac diacritics:	. = supralinear point	_ = sublinear point	: = syame	~ = supralinear line	+ = sublinear line
' = abbreviation	F = sublin. double point	Syriac final punctuation:	, = single dot	; = double dot	% = diamond
. = supralinear point	_ = sublinear point	: = syame	~ = supralinear line	+ = sublinear line
' = abbreviation
Mandaic:	D = ḏ	H = ẖ	S = ṣ
@  connector of lexical compounds (e.g. "kl@qwbl")			quotation marks (vertical bar in unicode)  non-Aramaic text
"-"  Personal Name			"=" = Geographical Name
{{ __ }} = text deleted in manuscript			{ __ } = text deleted by editor
<< __ >> = text added in manuscript			< __ > = text added by editor
/__ / = variant			#__ # (','' in unicode) = source of variant
\ __ = marker of beginning of multi-words variant			[ __ ] = broken text
^ __ ^ = interlinear text			| = word divider
? = unclear but quite certain letter: displays as overdot			* = very uncertain letter: displays as hollow overdot