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Aramaic (ארמית, Arāmît): The Aramaic alphabet was adaptaed from the Phoenician alphabet during the 8th century BC and was used to write the Aramaic language until about 600 AD. The Aramaic alphabet was adapted to write quite a few other languages, and developed into a number of new alphabets, including the Hebrew square script and cursive script, Nabataean, Syriac, Palmyrenean, Mandaic, Sogdian, Mongolian and probably the Old Turkic script. (...) Aramaic Alphabet, Ancient Alphabet, Learn Hebrew Alphabet, Aramaic Language, Phoenician Alphabet, Hebrew Language Words, Alphabet Dating, Hebrew Art, Ancient Alphabets

Aramaic (ארמית, Arāmît): The Aramaic alphabet was adaptaed from the Phoenician alphabet during the 8th century BC and was used to write the Aramaic language until about 600 AD. The Aramaic alphabet was adapted to write quite a few other languages, and developed into a number of new alphabets, including the Hebrew square script and cursive script, Nabataean, Syriac, Palmyrenean, Mandaic, Sogdian, Mongolian and probably the Old Turkic script. (...)

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40,000-Year-Old Symbols Found in Caves Worldwide May Be the Earliest Written Language | Open Culture Language Tree, X Symbol, Ciphers And Codes, Ancient Letters, Stone Age Art, Prehistoric Age, Alphabet Symbols, Cave Painting, Mysteries Of The World

We may take it for granted that the earliest writing systems developed with the Sumerians around 3400 B.C.E. The archaeological evidence so far supports the theory. But it may also be possible that the earliest writing systems predate 5000-year-old cuneiform tablets by several thousand years.

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