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A UC Santa Cruz professor unearthed the oldest alphabet yet

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142 points diodorus | 2 comments | 13 Jan 25 20:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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gschizas ◴[17 Jan 25 09:21 UTC] No.42735618[source]▶
As far as I can understand that's not a real alphabet, it's an abjad (consonants only)
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DiogenesKynikos ◴[17 Jan 25 11:32 UTC] No.42736453[source]▶
By that standard, many alphabets, including the Phoenician and Arabic alphabets, aren't "real" alphabets.
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ivanbakel ◴[17 Jan 25 13:03 UTC] No.42737086[source]▶
Indeed, Arabic is an abjad.
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fsckboy ◴[17 Jan 25 14:06 UTC] No.42737626[source]▶
shouldn't it be called a bjd?
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1. georgeburdell ◴[17 Jan 25 14:46 UTC] No.42738029[source]▶
I know you’re joking, but Arabic doesn’t write short vowels only. A as in “ah” is still written, so it would be “Abjd”
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2. ◴[17 Jan 25 16:45 UTC] No.42740035[source]▶