> for us to go from writing with only consonants to using vowels for the first time Speaking as someone who has studied cuneiform and Akkadian, I would say tha

> for us to go from writing with only consonants to using vowels for the first time Speaking as someone who has studied cuneiform and Akkadian, I would say that this claim isn't true. Here's a vowel that predates the period that you mentioned[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(cuneiform) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(cuneiform)