2064: (Some) Semitic Origins of English Letters Aug 8, 2020

The Greek alphabet which inspired the Latin alphabet was ultimately of Semitic origins. Therefore, there is a general the Hebrew writings system corresponds to the Latin alphabet in many ways. The first 4 letters for instance, א,ב,ג,ד often correspond in terms of pronunciation roughly like ABGD (G comes as a variant of C), but the 5th letter in Hebrew is ה which corresponds in appearance and often pronunciation to H, but actually the Hebrew ה gave rise to the letter E, also the 5th letter. The relations between the placement of the letters does stop after the respective 6th letters though.

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