Was the Phoenician writing system a true alphabet? If not, what should it be called instead, and what was the earliest true ...

What do ancient historical texts and modern archaeological research reveal about the origin of the Greek alphabet?

But not everyone is convinced by the discovery, and maintain that proto-Sinaitic script is the oldest known alphabet, which is a specific kind of writing system. "I think [the Umm el-Marra ...

The writing system is derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet and is the earliest known alphabetic script to systematically write vowels as well as consonants. In Archaic and early Classical ...