My three year old niece jumbled up the order of alphabets yet again while singing them. I giggled and corrected her but she wasn’t convinced. With a puzzled look, she asked me ‘Why?’
It worked for the little song they sang…“🎶animal, bottle, snake, fish, man; round stick, u stick, fallen ladder, brand…” I’m pretty sure it all rhymed and scanned in Proto-Sinaitic.
That’s why.
So A came from animal, B from bag, C from chaise longue, D from Fish, E from person, F from spoon, G from stick. Fascinating.
So… how did they decide on the order for the proto-thing?
It worked for the little song they sang…“🎶animal, bottle, snake, fish, man; round stick, u stick, fallen ladder, brand…” I’m pretty sure it all rhymed and scanned in Proto-Sinaitic.