How did the Phoenician alphabet differ from cuneiform?

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Pathoren · Answer 1 · 2021-10-13T07:54:37+0000

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The first signs of the Phoenician alphabet found at Byblos are clearly derived from Egyptian hieroglyphics, and not from cuneiform. ... Like Hebrew and Arabic, Phoenician was written from right to left, and vowels were omitted (which makes deciphering Phoenician even harder).

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