One was an alphabet - sympbols combine to make words.
Cunieform is syllabic.
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 first phonetic alphabet in the world is believed to be the Proto-Sinaitic script, which emerged around 1850 BCE in the Sinai Peninsula. This script evolved into the Phoenician alphabet, which is considered the first fully developed phonetic alphabet. The Phoenician alphabet laid the groundwork for many modern writing systems, including Greek and Latin, by representing individual sounds rather than whole words or syllables.
The Phoenician alphabet {on wikipedia}
The Phoenician people in the 9th Century BCE.
The Phoenician alphabet did not contain vowels.
Phoenician writing was an alphabetic script, with one symbol representing one sound, while cuneiform was a complex script with many signs representing syllables, words, or concepts. Phoenician writing was more flexible and easier to learn compared to cuneiform.
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.
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.
The Phoenician alphabet is older than the ancient Hebrew alphabet. The Phoenician script emerged around the 12th century BCE, while the earliest forms of the Hebrew alphabet developed later, around the 10th century BCE. The Hebrew script is derived from the Phoenician alphabet, reflecting the influence of Phoenician writing on later Semitic languages.
The modern alphabetic languages of Europe.
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.
Cuniform was an ancient form of Sumerian writing
Phoenician and cuneiform writing are both ancient writing systems. They are both based on symbols that represent sounds or concepts. However, Phoenician script is an alphabet with individual symbols for consonants, while cuneiform is a script made up of wedge-shaped characters used for different languages in ancient Mesopotamia.
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.
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.
From Phoenician alphabetic script, modified progressively to suit their own language pronunciations. Later 8th Century BCE.
The Phoenician alphabet differed from earlier forms of writing because it was one of the most widely used systems of writing. The Phoenician alphabet was used as the basis for many later forms of writing, including Arabic script.