Phoenician Alphabet
OriginLebanon
Earliest1050 BC
TypeAbjad
About Phoenician Alphabet
The ancestor of almost all alphabetic writing systems in use today. Had 22 consonant letters with no vowels. Spread through Phoenician trade networks across the Mediterranean. Gave rise to Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic scripts. The word phonetic comes from Phoenician. Written right to left.
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