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Re:Who Invented the Alphabet? by Mediterraneo10 on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @02:58PM (#25752585)
Wikipedia claims that matres lectionis appeared in the Phoenician system only rather late [0], and so I would presume after transmission to the Greeks. Consequently, could the Phoenician system really be called an abjad at the time that the Greeks borrowed it? See also [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mater_lectionis [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet#Greek-deri...

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Re:Who Invented the Alphabet? by ogogmad on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:02PM (#25752646)
A pure abjad doesn't have matres lectionis.
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Re:Who Invented the Alphabet? by Mediterraneo10 on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:03PM (#25752654)
Yes, my mistake, and unfortunately your reply came an instant before I could delete my post to avoid wasting everyone’s time here.
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