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Phoenician Alphabet

Phoenician Alphabet

From Year 0 (BCE/CE): -1300
Post Date: 02/20/2022 7:02 PM
133 Generations Ago

The Phoenician alphabet is a direct continuation of the Proto-Canaanite script circa 1300 BCE. Starting about 900 BCE, the Phoenician alphabet thrived and was adapted by others. It evolved into use by many languages including Greek, Old Italic and Anatolian scripts. These early uses of the alphabet evolved into the alphanumeric alphabet. 

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