Not to add fuel to the fire here, but one cannot help being struck by some of the similarities in sequences, even between Hebrew, English, and Greek.
qof, resh, shin, tav p, q, r, s, t pi, rho, sigma, tau Gary Hedrick San Antonio, Texas USA On Nov 24, 2010, at 4:31 PM, Kevin Riley wrote: > The *alphabets* have a common ancestor. That is not the same as the > *languages* being cognate. As far back as there is reliable evidence, Greek > and Hebrew are not cognate languages. In terms of language, if there was a > 'proto-Canaanite', then it is the mother of Hebrew, Phoenician, Moabite, > Ammonite, etc, but not of Greek. > > Kevin Riley > > On 25/11/2010 4:41 AM, fred burlingame wrote: >> affirmative; the common parent = proto-canaanite. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_alphabet >> >> regards, >> >> fred burlingame >> >> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Christopher Kimball<[email protected] >>> wrote: >>> Is Greek usually considered a cognate language of Hebrew? >>> >>> Chris Kimball >>> West Redding, CT >>> USA >>> > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
