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One was an alphabet - sympbols combine to make words.
Cunieform is syllabic.
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∙ 7y agoCuneiform used symbols for words. The Phoenicians invented an alphabetic script which spelled out words, giving greater flexibility and scope for writing.
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The Phoenician alphabet was probably derived from and would become the basis for?
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 latin word for Phoenician?
The Phoenician alphabet {on wikipedia}
Who was the Phoenician alphabet inventor?
The Phoenician people in the 9th Century BCE.
What did the Phoenician alphabet not contain?
The Phoenician alphabet did not contain vowels.
Is an Phoenician an occupation?
Not that I know of. A Phoenician is/was a citizen of Phoenicia. They were naval pioneers, but it was a whole country and culture.
How did the Phoenician alphabet differ from earlier forms of writing?
The Phoenician alphabet was an early form of alphabetic writing that used a system of 22 characters representing consonant sounds. This was a significant departure from earlier writing systems like cuneiform and hieroglyphics, which used a combination of logograms and syllabic signs to represent words and sounds. The Phoenician alphabet's simplicity and efficiency were key factors in its widespread adoption and influence on later alphabets, including the Greek and Latin scripts.
How did the Phoenician's differ from cuneiform script?
It was alot easier to learn. Especially if u spoke a different language. When the Poenicians sailed overseas to trade, it spreaded the alphabet very quickly.
Which modern languages can be traced through Phoenician script?
The modern alphabetic languages of Europe.
How did the phoenician alphabet differ from cuneiform script?
It was alot easier to learn. Especially if u spoke a different language. When the Poenicians sailed overseas to trade, it spreaded the alphabet very quickly.
How are Phoenician alphabet and cuniform writing different?
By this time it consisted of about 700 symbol's that stood for words or syllable's about 1400b.c.,the Phoenicians had developed 22 simple characters for the entire writing system. Each character stood for a consonant.* Later,the Greeks added vowels to the Phoenician alphabet.
What kind of writing did Assyrians use?
The Assyrians used the Assyrian language which has evolved into the dying Syriac language today. It had its own unique alphabet based on the Phoenician Alphabet.
What does cuniform?
Cuniform was an ancient form of Sumerian writing
What was used to wright cuniform?
Cuneiform was written using a stylus made of reed or wood. The writing surface was made of clay tablets that were then baked to harden the text.
What does cuniform mean?
Cuneiform is an ancient system of writing used in Mesopotamia, characterized by wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets. It was one of the earliest forms of writing and was used for various languages including Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian.
The Phoenician alphabet was probably derived from and would become the basis for?
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.
Why was the method of Phoenician alphabet writing so superior to cuniform?
We are often told that the Phoenicians invented the alphabet. Regardless of who put pen to papyrus to create it, the Phoenician contribution was none-the-less major and critical. Cuneiform had too many symbols and the alphabet the Phoenicians developed was more simpler for all the tasks you needed in respect of communication.
Whom did the Ancient Greeks borrow their writing system?
From Phoenician alphabetic script, modified progressively to suit their own language pronunciations. Later 8th Century BCE.
