It is different because it was created by different people for a different language other than English.
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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.
Phoenician is an alphabet which forms syllables and words. Cuneiform is syllabic.
Both are phonetic systems, however the Phoenician Alphabet has no vowels, and it more accurately called an "Abjad" rather than an "Alphabet".
It was modified into Greek and Roman alphabets, and so is a basic fore-runner of the English alphabet.
The Phoenician alphabet is the oldest verified consonantal alphabet, dating to approximately 1200 BCE. The alphabet was used by the ancient civilization of Phoenicia and through their traveling and colonization came to widespread use. The Phoenician alphabet consisted of 22 letters, many of which form the basis of the greek alphabet and therefore the Latin and English alphabets currently in use.
The Greeks modified the Phoenician language by adding vowels to the consonant-based Phoenician alphabet. They also introduced modifications to the pronunciation and order of the letters. This resulted in the creation of the Greek alphabet, which became the foundation for many modern alphabets, including the Latin alphabet used in English and many other languages.
The modern English alphabet consists of 26 letters and is derived from the Latin alphabet:ANSWER:They did not actually invent it, but improved upon the ancient Phoenician alphabet and brought it into wider usage.
That cuneiform are pictures and the other one are typ of kind of like leters and pictures
The Phoenician alphabet did not contain vowels.
Those were very different. Cuneiform was hard to learn with many symbols. The Phoenician alphabet had 22 letters so it was easier to master.
The Greeks did they borrowed the Phoenician alphabet and created the own alphabet using the Phoenician alphabet.