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Rome is guilty of that as well. When they invented latin, they transliterated greec lettet Phi to the letter P
by slim 4y ago
Rome is guilty of that as well. When they invented latin, they transliterated greec lettet Phi to the letter P
- matrix12 4y agoAnd the Punic, Punicians who spoke a "Hebrew" when invading with Elephants.
- kurupt213 4y agoHebrew was just one of many Semitic languages.
- matrix12 4y agoExcept they were essentially the same language, and an alphabet. Unlike say Eblaite.
- coliveira 4y agoIt's the other way around, hebrew is just a derivative of the language spoken by the Phoenicians, also closely related to the Aramaic that became the common language over that whole area. Hebrew was, for a long time, just a cerimonial language used by the jewish religion.