[b-hebrew] cognate alphabet
Kevin Riley
klriley at alphalink.com.au
Wed Nov 24 17:31:03 EST 2010
The *alphabets* have a common ancestor. That is not the same as the
*languages* being cognate. As far back as there is reliable evidence,
Greek and Hebrew are not cognate languages. In terms of language, if
there was a 'proto-Canaanite', then it is the mother of Hebrew,
Phoenician, Moabite, Ammonite, etc, but not of Greek.
Kevin Riley
On 25/11/2010 4:41 AM, fred burlingame wrote:
> affirmative; the common parent = proto-canaanite.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_alphabet
>
> regards,
>
> fred burlingame
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Christopher Kimball<transcriber at tanach.us
>> wrote:
>> Is Greek usually considered a cognate language of Hebrew?
>>
>> Chris Kimball
>> West Redding, CT
>> USA
>>
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