From the 10th century BCE to 135 CE, the Hebrew language was written in Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, an abjad offshoot of the ancient Semitic alphabet. It was a descendant (and a close relative) of the Phoenician alphabet.
Since then, Hebrew is written in a "square-script" alphabet, which was adapted from Aramaic. That's the Hebrew alphabet as we know today (It's also used in languages like Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish, by the way). Meanwhile, the Paleo-Hebrew abjad survived through its Samaritan variant.
Here's the question: What if Paleo-Hebrew alphabet is still used as the script of the Hebrew language until now? How it influence the development of the said language? Will we see a counterpart of the niqqud for identifying the vowels just like in OTL post-135 CE Hebrew alphabet? Will it be suitable for the languages of the Jewish diaspora like Yiddish,Judeo-Spanish and Judeo-Arabic?
By the way, here's the Paleo-Hebrew abjad:
Thanks!
Since then, Hebrew is written in a "square-script" alphabet, which was adapted from Aramaic. That's the Hebrew alphabet as we know today (It's also used in languages like Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish, by the way). Meanwhile, the Paleo-Hebrew abjad survived through its Samaritan variant.
Here's the question: What if Paleo-Hebrew alphabet is still used as the script of the Hebrew language until now? How it influence the development of the said language? Will we see a counterpart of the niqqud for identifying the vowels just like in OTL post-135 CE Hebrew alphabet? Will it be suitable for the languages of the Jewish diaspora like Yiddish,Judeo-Spanish and Judeo-Arabic?
By the way, here's the Paleo-Hebrew abjad:
Thanks!
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