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Canaanite workers who went to Egypt to work in the mines saw these picture things used on walls. They had an idea to use it only instead of a picture per word t
by dghughes 2y ago
Canaanite workers who went to Egypt to work in the mines saw these picture things used on walls. They had an idea to use it only instead of a picture per word the just used them for sounds. The Ox Head they saw they used for their Aleph sound. It was adjusted and rotated a bit then later on rotated again until we get our modern letter A.
- Aloisius 2y agoEgyptian hieroglyphs were used sometimes to represent 1-3 consonants, rather than words or ideas. Egyptian Hieratic script simplified the forms down for writing with ink. Canaanites simplified it further by tossing all the ideograms, logograms and multi-consonant symbols to create an abjad. The Greeks added the first vowels to create a true alphabet.