<s>
The	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
scripts	I-Algorithm
are	O
the	O
Paleohispanic	O
scripts	O
that	O
were	O
used	O
to	O
represent	O
the	O
extinct	O
Iberian	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
sense	O
that	O
the	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
scripts	I-Algorithm
are	O
the	O
scripts	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
Iberians	O
to	O
represent	O
the	O
Iberian	O
language	O
,	O
the	O
Greco-Iberian	O
alphabet	O
,	O
a	O
separate	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
Greek	O
alphabet	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
an	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Likewise	O
,	O
neither	O
the	O
southwestern	O
script	O
,	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
southeastern	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
but	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
Tartessian	O
language	O
,	O
nor	O
the	O
Celtiberian	O
script	O
,	O
a	O
direct	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
northeastern	B-Algorithm
Iberian	I-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
used	O
for	O
the	O
Celtiberian	O
language	O
,	O
are	O
technically	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
scripts	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
northeastern	B-Algorithm
Iberian	I-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
is	O
often	O
known	O
simply	O
as	O
the	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
,	O
because	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
script	O
of	O
95%	O
of	O
known	O
Iberian	O
inscriptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
southeastern	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
is	O
poorly	O
attested	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
are	O
some	O
gaps	O
in	O
the	O
records	O
:	O
There	O
are	O
no	O
positively	O
identified	O
symbols	O
for	O
/gu/	O
,	O
/do/	O
,	O
and	O
/m/	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
northeastern	B-Algorithm
Iberian	I-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
the	O
decipherment	O
of	O
the	O
southeastern	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
is	O
not	O
still	O
closed	O
,	O
because	O
there	O
are	O
a	O
significant	O
group	O
of	O
signs	O
without	O
consensus	O
value	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
substantial	O
graphic	O
variation	O
in	O
the	O
Iberian	O
glyphs	B-Application
,	O
and	O
over	O
the	O
past	O
several	O
decades	O
many	O
scholars	O
have	O
come	O
to	O
believe	O
that	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
in	O
northeastern	B-Algorithm
Iberian	I-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
(	O
and	O
recently	O
also	O
in	O
Celtiberian	O
script	O
)	O
some	O
of	O
this	O
variation	O
is	O
meaningful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excepting	O
the	O
Greco-Iberian	O
alphabet	O
,	O
the	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
scripts	I-Algorithm
are	O
typologically	O
unusual	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
partially	O
alphabetic	O
and	O
partially	O
syllabic	O
:	O
Continuants	O
(	O
fricative	O
sounds	O
like	O
/s/	O
and	O
sonorants	O
like	O
/l/	O
,	O
/m/	O
,	O
and	O
vowels	O
)	O
were	O
written	O
with	O
distinct	O
letters	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
Phoenician	O
(	O
or	O
in	O
Greek	O
in	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
the	O
vowels	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
non-continuants	O
(	O
the	O
stops	O
/b/	O
,	O
/d/	O
,	O
/t/	O
,	O
/g/	O
,	O
and	O
/k/	O
)	O
were	O
written	O
with	O
syllabic	O
glyphs	B-Application
that	O
represented	O
both	O
consonant	O
and	O
vowel	O
together	O
,	O
as	O
with	O
Japanese	O
kana	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
scripts	I-Algorithm
are	O
classified	O
as	O
Paleohispanic	O
scripts	O
for	O
convenience	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
broad	O
similarities	O
,	O
but	O
their	O
relationships	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
and	O
to	O
neighboring	O
contemporaneous	O
scripts	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Greco-Iberian	O
,	O
are	O
not	O
firmly	O
established	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
generally	O
accepted	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
derived	O
at	O
least	O
partly	O
from	O
the	O
Greek	O
alphabet	O
and/or	O
Phoenician	O
alphabet	O
,	O
with	O
which	O
they	O
share	O
many	O
similar-looking	O
glyphs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
researchers	O
conclude	O
that	O
the	O
origin	O
of	O
the	O
northern	O
and	O
southern	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
scripts	I-Algorithm
ultimately	O
lies	O
solely	O
with	O
the	O
Phoenician	O
alphabet	O
;	O
others	O
believe	O
the	O
Greek	O
alphabet	O
also	O
played	O
a	O
role	O
;	O
others	O
still	O
have	O
suggested	O
influences	O
from	O
Old	O
Italic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
appears	O
that	O
either	O
the	O
glyphs	B-Application
themselves	O
were	O
changed	O
,	O
or	O
that	O
they	O
assumed	O
new	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
southern	O
glyph	B-Application
for	O
/e/	O
derives	O
from	O
Phoenician	O
‘	O
ayin	O
or	O
Greek	O
Ο	O
,	O
whereas	O
northern	O
/e/	O
resembles	O
Phoenician	O
he	O
or	O
Greek	O
Ε	B-Language
,	O
though	O
the	O
letter	O
arguably	O
had	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
/be/	O
in	O
southern	O
Iberian	O
.	O
</s>
