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From: "Kevin Riley" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] cognate alphabet
Yes - the sequences are similar because the sequence was borrowed with
the alphabet. No one is questioning the borrowing of the alphabet. But
sharing an alphabet does not make two languages 'cognate' - at least,
not as that term is usually used.
Kevi Riley
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In fact the order of the letters is an intriguing feature of the alphabet.
Other writing systems do not have an order for their signs.
A.
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