Of 23 consonants (including null), seven were fully syllabic, thirteen were purely alphabetic, and for the other three, there was one letter for /Cu/ and another for both /Ca/ and /Ci/.
O cuneiforme persa antigo era similar; de 23 consoantes (incluído o carácter nulo), sete eran completamente silábicas, trece puramente alfabéticas, e para as outras tres había unha letra para /Cu/ e outra tanto para /Ca/ como /Ci/.