<s>
The	O
northeastern	B-Algorithm
Iberian	I-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Levantine	O
Iberian	O
or	O
Iberian	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
main	O
means	O
of	O
written	O
expression	O
of	O
the	O
Iberian	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
is	O
also	O
expressed	O
by	O
the	O
southeastern	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
and	O
the	O
Greco-Iberian	O
alphabet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
understand	O
the	O
relationship	O
between	O
northeastern	O
Iberian	O
and	O
southeastern	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
scripts	I-Algorithm
,	O
one	O
should	O
point	O
out	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
two	O
different	O
scripts	O
with	O
different	O
values	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
signs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
clear	O
they	O
have	O
a	O
common	O
origin	O
and	O
the	O
most	O
accepted	O
hypothesis	O
is	O
that	O
northeastern	B-Algorithm
Iberian	I-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
was	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
southeastern	O
Iberian	B-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
researchers	O
have	O
concluded	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
linked	O
to	O
the	O
Phoenician	O
alphabet	B-Application
alone	O
,	O
but	O
others	O
believe	O
the	O
Greek	O
alphabet	B-Application
also	O
had	O
a	O
role	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
paleohispanic	O
scripts	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
Greco-Iberian	O
alphabet	O
,	O
share	O
a	O
common	O
distinctive	O
typological	O
characteristic	O
:	O
they	O
represent	O
syllabic	B-General_Concept
value	O
for	O
the	O
occlusives	O
,	O
and	O
monophonemic	O
value	O
for	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
consonants	O
and	O
vowels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
writing	O
system	O
they	O
are	O
neither	O
alphabets	B-Application
nor	O
syllabaries	O
,	O
but	O
are	O
rather	O
mixed	O
scripts	O
that	O
are	O
normally	O
identified	O
as	O
semi-syllabaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
signary	O
contains	O
28	O
signs	O
:	O
5	O
vowels	O
,	O
15	O
syllabic	B-General_Concept
and	O
8	O
consonantic	O
(	O
one	O
lateral	O
,	O
two	O
sibilants	O
,	O
two	O
rhotic	O
and	O
three	O
nasals	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
northeastern	O
script	O
was	O
very	O
nearly	O
deciphered	O
in	O
1922	O
by	O
Manuel	O
Gómez-Moreno	O
Martínez	O
,	O
who	O
systematically	O
linked	O
the	O
syllabic	B-General_Concept
signs	O
with	O
the	O
occlusive	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
variants	O
of	O
the	O
northeastern	B-Algorithm
Iberian	I-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
:	O
the	O
dual	O
variant	O
is	O
almost	O
exclusive	O
to	O
the	O
ancient	O
inscriptions	O
from	O
the	O
4th	O
and	O
3rd	O
centuries	O
BCE	O
and	O
its	O
distinctive	O
characteristic	O
is	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
dual	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
inscriptions	O
that	O
use	O
the	O
northeastern	B-Algorithm
Iberian	I-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
have	O
been	O
found	O
mainly	O
in	O
the	O
northeastern	O
quadrant	O
of	O
the	O
Iberian	O
Peninsula	O
:	O
largely	O
along	O
the	O
coast	O
from	O
Roussillon	O
to	O
Alicante	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
with	O
a	O
deep	O
penetration	O
in	O
the	O
Ebro	O
Valley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
northeastern	O
Iberian	O
inscriptions	O
have	O
been	O
found	O
on	O
different	O
object	O
types	O
(	O
silver	O
and	O
bronze	O
coins	B-General_Concept
,	O
silver	O
and	O
ceramic	O
recipients	O
,	O
lead	O
plaques	O
,	O
mosaics	B-Application
,	O
amphores	B-Application
,	O
stones	O
(	O
steles	O
)	O
,	O
spindle-whorls	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
oldest	O
northeastern	B-Algorithm
Iberian	I-Algorithm
script	I-Algorithm
date	O
to	O
the	O
4th	O
or	O
maybe	O
the	O
5th	O
century	O
BCE	O
.	O
</s>
