This ancient Egyptian word list of the fifteenth century BC is the earliest known example of a list arranged according to their initial sounds. It gives a vital insight into the earliest known stages of the alphabet. (Credits: Nigel Strudwick)
This ancient Egyptian word list of the fifteenth century BC is the earliest known example of a list arranged according to their initial sounds. It gives a vital insight into the earliest known stages of the alphabet. (Credits: Nigel Strudwick)
Way cool! History of writing is one of my favorite subjects.
>>> Back then, ABC was still ‘-b-g (’aleph-beth-gimel). This sequence was favored by the Phoenicians who passed it on to the Greeks, together with the alphabet itself. Thus a-b-g found its way to the later alphabets inspired by the Greek and Latin ones. <<<
The Hebrew alphabet begins with aleph-beth-gimel.
I wonder why that isn’t mentioned?
