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{{culture
|related=[[Allomancy]]
|type={{cat tag|Language}}
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
The '''Steel alphabet''' was the set of glyphs used on [[Scadrial]]. It has been shown that the glyphs evolved over time.{{ref|name=symbols}}
Most of the symbols were also used to represent various metals and numbers. The steel alphabet used a base-16 numbering system with a positional structure similar to [[wikipedia:Japanese numerals
At some point the alphabet diverged such that the symbols used to represent [[Feruchemical]] metals were distinct to those used by [[Allomancy]] and the general alphabet.{{ref|name=Feruchemy table}}
== Symbols and their Meanings ==
The mapping between the English and Steel alphabet was first achieved by Valkynphyre of the 17th Shard.{{17s ref|topic|1905|text=Treatise Metallurgic translation|poster=Valkynphyre|date=01 May 2012}}
The tin & pewter symbols corresponding to E/I and O/U are distinct, and can be identified by the position of the dot; E places the dot below and to the left of the spike, similar to the O placement, and U places the dot next to the top of the outer curved spike.{{wob ref|11029}}{{wob ref|11240}}{{wob ref|13293}}{{url ref|name=rings|url=https://badalijewelry.com/collections/brandon-sanderson/products/custom-steel-alphabet-ring|text=Badali jewelry - Steel Alphabet ring page|site=Badali Jewelry}} This practice of dot placement to distinguish vowels evolved within 100 years of [[The Alloy of Law]].{{wob ref|11240}} The dot can also be moved around in non-vowels for various reasons.{{wob ref|13293}}
The letter Q is not present in the alphabet, the sound is depicted via a ''kw''.{{wob ref|14938}}
The Steel glyphs corresponding to the eight basic metals are also used to express (inter)cardinal directions.{{map ref|Luthadel}}
A rotated Copper glyph (sans the dot) is used to depict Clips.{{ref|name=Elendel-daily}}{{wob ref|13020}}.
Cadmium is used to represent degrees in temperature.{{file ref|The_Two_Seasons_broadsheet.jpg| The Two Seasons Broadsheet}}
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== Evolution of the Steel Alphabet ==
The following table shows both the evolution of the symbols used in the steel alphabet, which have come to be associated with [[Allomancy]], as well as the separate set of symbols that developed to represent the [[Feruchemy|Feruchemical]] use of metals.
The form of letters shown in 341 PC are not a true evolution of the script, but are instead simply a different font for the same letters.{{17s ref|topic|78422|text=Correction to the steel alphabet|poster=argent|date=30 September 2018}}
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== Trivia ==
* The distinguishing of vowels by different placement of a dot is based upon the extinct, but partially revived, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baybayin Baybayin Script].{{wob ref|11029}}
* Isaac Stewart has previously confirmed that the Feruchemical symbols for chromium and nicrosil were mistakenly swapped on the Feruchemy Table.{{wob ref|11030}}
== Notes ==
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