Evolution of the Phoenician Alphabet (Illustration)

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by Zander Schubert
published on 26 April 2012

Evolution of the Phoenician Alphabet — The Phoenician alphabet and its equivalents in four modern alphabets. From left to right: Latin, Greek, Phoenician, Hebrew, Arabic.
Legend: In the middle column you'll find the original Phoenician letters, with their modern equivalents in other languages in the same row. Each Phoenician letter has its own color. Arrows also relate letters to their equivalents.

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Original image by Zander Schubert. Uploaded by Jan van der Crabben, published on 26 April 2012. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Public Domain. This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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