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Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzM to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish ·
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Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed in ancient Syrian city

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Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed in ancient Syrian city

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Findings suggest alphabetic writing may be some 500 years older than other discoveries

Archive link: https://archive.ph/cIz4A

It’s dated to be from around 2400 BCE. The article doesn’t clarify if it’s a true alphabet or an abjad, but either way it’s interesting.

EDIT: see also https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worlds-oldest-alphabet-discovered/ for a less pop-linguistics narrative of the same discovery.

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    This press release is pretty crap, but there is more info here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worlds-oldest-alphabet-discovered/

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      I’m going to add this to the OP, thanks for sharing it!

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