Sure, Gary. The sequences are the same, as I point out to students when they first encounter the "alef-bet" in Hebrew 101. Also, don't forget yod, kaf, lamed, mem, nun (j, k, l, m, n).
All Western European languages use an alphabet inherited from the Romans (the Cyrillic alphabet was adapted from the Greek alphabet). Some use different diacritical marks, but the underlying alphabet is the same. This does not mean that, e.g., Hungarian is related to Portugese. Fred On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Hedrick Gary <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- --)--------------- "We are not yet what we already are" (J. Pieper). Frederic Clarke Putnam, Ph.D. | Professor of Biblical Studies Philadelphia Biblical University | 200 Manor Avenue | Langhorne, PA 19047-2990 http://pbu.edu | 1215-702-4502 | Fax: 1-215-702-4533 | www.fredputnam.org Before printing this email, think green! _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
