Vowels and consonants by design
All alphabets are artificial, but some are more artificial than others.
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The oldest known alphabet is the Proto-Sinaitic script, also referred as Proto-Canaanite, which developed around 1800 BC. Emerging in the Sinai Peninsula, this type of script evolved from Egyptian hieroglyphics, marking …
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