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  • From: Kevin Riley <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] cognate alphabet
  • Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:31:03 +1100

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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