Alif ba vsAlphabet

Which script was first? I would say most definitely the Greek.

And the Arabic was restuctured around the Greek by Islamic scholars.

The Arabic script seems just a restyling of Sassanid Persian script - both scripts are derived from ancient Phoenecian. Original Arabic was in runic.

example of Sassanid script:



Very similar to "Arabic", hmm?

hindi follows the devnagri script, urdu follows the arabic script. hindi and urdu are very similar and share the same roots.

Originally posted by Zagros Which script was first? I would say most definitely the Greek. And the Arabic was restuctured around the Greek by Islamic scholars. The Arabic script seems just a restyling of Sassanid Persian script - both scripts are derived from ancient Phoenecian. Original Arabic was in runic. example of Sassanid script: Very similar to "Arabic", hmm?

Hmmm didnt knowed that Sassanids used a form of "arabic" script, very interesting and beautifull indeed.

thanks.

Isn't,with its turn,the phoenecian alphabet derived from the Egyptian hieroglyphs?

Since I haven't any sourse ready I can't continue but I have seen in a documentary the evolution from egyptian hieroglyphics to simplified ones to phoenicean alphabet(I'll try to find a sourse).

Phoenecian and its derivatives are alphabets and each symbol represents a sound, they have no relation to any object, animate or inanimate. It is also widely believed that the Greek alphabet derived from Phoenecian too IIRC.
The theory of the phoenecian origin of the Greek alphabet is supported also because the alpha,beta,gamma etc have meaning in phoenecean language/semetic eg.aleph=ox,beth=house,gimel=camel etc.So I believe that they ae very simplified hieroglyphics.
sourse
    

Edited by Patrinos - 18-Dec-2006 at 16:34

I think this table is useful and interesting too.
    here

First line hieroglyphics/Second line phoenecian alphabet(from right to left)

    


    

Edited by Patrinos - 18-Dec-2006 at 17:10

very interesting, good posting Patrinos. It needs more study.