Linguistic AHC: Hebrew language still written in Paleo-Hebrew alphabet until today

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:
Paleo-hebrew_alphabet.jpg

Thanks!
 
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I understand that, except for the shape of the letters, the two scripts are essentially identical in their structure and functioning.
The difference is mainly paleographic (although quite very visible) so that, once Aramaic language and literacy become predominant among Jews, literacy in Hebrew may be somewhat reduced.
In further centuries, Aramaic literacy may be lost to a larger extent, although, all things being equal, this would soon cease to be relevant as Aramaic script itself diverges into hardly mutually readable variants.
Aramaic may have a reduced place in Medieval Jewish culture, or some form of Judeo-Aramaic may be written with Hebrew letters.
Calligrahic art will develop differently, and, insofar the graphic shape of letters is relevant to Qabbalah, there would be doctrinal differences there.
In general, however, I can't see any major effect out this except for entirely unpredictable buterflies.
 
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