the Phoenician alphabet developed into our modern day alphabet and it helps us communicate.
It's because it made writing easier.
The Phoenician alphabet did not contain vowels.
It's really not similar at all. The Phoenician alphabet has 22 consonants and no vowels. The only similarity is that the English alphabet is a version of the Latin alphabet which was adapted from the Greek alphabet alphabet which was adapted from the Phoenician alphabet.
The Phoenician alphabet {on wikipedia}
The Phoenician alphabet was the basis for the Hebrew alphabet as well as the Greek alphabet. The Phoenician alphabet developed from the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, during the 15th century BCE. Before that, the Phoenicians wrote with a cuneiform script.
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
Twenty-two.
Trading and inventing an alphabet.
The Phoenician alphabet did not contain vowels.
The Greeks did they borrowed the Phoenician alphabet and created the own alphabet using the Phoenician alphabet.
The Phoenician alphabet began in the Phoenician city-states located in Lebanon, about 1200 BCE.
It's really not similar at all. The Phoenician alphabet has 22 consonants and no vowels. The only similarity is that the English alphabet is a version of the Latin alphabet which was adapted from the Greek alphabet alphabet which was adapted from the Phoenician alphabet.
The Phoenician Alphabet
Vowels.
The Phoenician alphabet {on wikipedia}
The Phoenician alphabet was the basis for the Hebrew alphabet as well as the Greek alphabet. The Phoenician alphabet developed from the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, during the 15th century BCE. Before that, the Phoenicians wrote with a cuneiform script.
Phoenician is an alphabet which forms syllables and words. Cuneiform is syllabic.
The Phoenician traders took their alphabet with them and it was adopted and adapted.