Phoenician language - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_languageThe Phoenicians were the first state-level society to make extensive use of the Semitic alphabet. The Phoenician alphabet is the oldest verified consonantal alphabet, or abjad. It has become conventional to refer to the script as "Proto-Canaanite" until the mid-11th century BC, when it is first attested on inscribed bronze arrowheads, and as "Phoenician" only after 1050 BC. The Phoenician ph…
Table of the Phoenician Alphabet
phoenicia.org › tblalphaTranslate Note: The claim that the names of Phoenician characters have easy to understand meanings in modern Hebrew only is unfounded. Meanings of Phoenician characters are easily and equally understood by speakers of Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac. See meanings of characters in chart. Join PhoeniciaOrg Twitter for alerts on new articles