"History of the alphebet" [sic] Not mentioned is the curious fact that there seems to have been only one independent discovery of the alphabet. All alphabets a

"History of the alphebet" [sic] Not mentioned is the curious fact that there seems to have been only one independent discovery of the alphabet. All alphabets are descended from the same root, proto-sinaitic or have been made up by people who knew about alphabets (Korean). Irish runes and Khmer script thus share a common ancestor.