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    Proto-Semitic language - Wikipedia

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    Proto-Semitic is the hypothetical reconstructed proto-language ancestral to the Semitic languages. There is no consensus regarding the location of the Proto-Semitic Urheimat; scholars hypothesize that it may have originated in the Levant (most likely), the Sahara, or the Horn of Africa, and the view that … See more

    Dating

    The earliest attestations of a Semitic language are in Akkadian, dating to around the 24th to 23rd centuries BC (see Sargon of Akkad) and the Eblaite language, but earlier evidence of Akkadian comes from personal names in See more

    Grammar

    Nouns
    Three cases are reconstructed: nominative (marked by *-u), genitive (marked by *-i), accusative (marked by *-a). .
    There were two genders: masculine (marked by a zero morpheme) and feminine (marked … See more

    See also

    • Afroasiatic language
    • Afroasiatic Urheimat
    • Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples
    • Prehistory of the Middle East
    • Proto-Afroasiatic language See more

    Urheimat

    Since all modern Semitic languages can be traced back to a common ancestor, Semiticists have placed importance on locating the Urheimat of the Proto-Semitic language. The … See more

    Phonology

    Vowels
    Proto-Semitic had a simple vowel system, with three qualities *a, *i, *u, and phonemic vowel length, conventionally indicated by a macron: *ā, *ī, *ū. This system is preserved in Akkadian, Ugaritic and Classical Arabic. See more

    Comparative vocabulary and reconstructed roots

    See List of Proto-Semitic stems (appendix in Wiktionary). See more

    Sources

    • Blench, Roger (2006). Archaeology, Language, and the African Past. Rowman Altamira. ISBN 978-0-7591-0466-2. Retrieved 30 June … See more

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  3. Proto-Sinaitic script - Wikipedia

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    Proto-Sinaitic (also referred to as Sinaitic, Proto-Canaanite when found in Canaan, the North Semitic alphabet, or Early Alphabetic) is considered the earliest trace of alphabetic writing and the common ancestor of both the Ancient South Arabian script and the Phoenician alphabet, which led to many modern alphabets including the Greek alphabet. According to common theory, Canaanites or Hyksos who spoke a Semitic language repurposed Egyptian hieroglyphs to construct a different s…

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  4. First written record of Semitic alphabet, from 15th …

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    Jul 01, 2022 · Coincidentally or not, the first inscriptions of the written Semitic alphabet, often called Proto-Canaanite, are found at this Sinai quarry site. Advertisement 3,400-year-old limestone...

  5. alphabet - The South Semitic alphabet | Britannica

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    The Sabaean offshoot, a graceful and elegant script consisting of 29 letters, spread into Africa, where it became the progenitor of the Ethiopic alphabet; this in turn gave birth to the modern Amharic, Tigré, Tigrinya, and other alphabets of …

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    The Proto-Semitic fonts - University of Utah

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    Proto-Semitic font. The alphabet consisted of 23 letters, some of which came in two different forms. The writing direction was normally left to right but could also be vertical. Table 1 lists, in …

  7. Proto-Sinaitic / Proto-Canaanite scripts - Omniglot

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    Oct 08, 2021 · The Proto-Sinaitic script was the first alphabetic writing system and developed sometime between about 1900 and 1700 BC. People speaking a Semitic language and living in Egypt and Sinai adapted the Egyptian …

  8. THE ORIGINS AND EMERGENCE OF WEST …

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    All West Semitic alphabets (emerging after Proto-Canaanite) utilize the abstracted forms but Old Negev retains in use a very large number of archaic forms (i.e. Proto-Sinaitic and Proto-Canaanite forms). 6. Old Negev also …

  9. Proto-Canaanite alphabet - Wikimedia Commons

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    Proto-Canaanite alphabet From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository ʾalp "ox" (origin of Latin letter A ) bet "house" ( B ) gaml "throwstick" ( C, G ) digg "fish" ( D ) haw / hll …

  10. Category:Proto-Canaanite letters - Wikimedia Commons

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    Letters that are part of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet. The original names of these letters are unknown, the image description pages use the Phoenician name. The name "Proto-Semitic" …

  11. ProtoThrottle in Action: Council Bluffs, IA

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    February 7, 2019 ; Michael Petersen ; Leave a comment; Spring Creek Model Trains will be at the World’s Greatest Hobby on Tour in Council Bluffs, IA, this coming weekend, February 9-10, …

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