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Suffice:
The Armenian Alphabet:

Matrix Heart:
Geez


The origins of the Ge'ez alphabet and the language are still controversial; as Scott Munro-hays notes, "the arguments advanced for the origins of the Ge'ez script would fill a small book." The earliest known inscriptions in Ge'ez are dated to the 3rd century AD in South Arabian script which lacked vowels. About the time of king Ezana (4th century AD), the South Arabian script was modified to include vowels, and some writers credit him with this change. However, Roger Schneider has pointed to anomalies in the known inscriptions which suggest that this vocalization occured at an earlier time, and that Ezana was consciously employing an archaic style during his reign.

Likewise, the origins for the method of vocalizing the Ge'ez script is unclear. Some writers assume that the Greek alphabet served as the model. Yuri Kobishchanov has embraced the theories of W. Jones and Karl Richard Lepsius, who believed that the vocalization was patterned after Indian models. Kobishchanov cites a 1915 paper by A. Grohmann, which emphasized the similarities between Ge'ez and the ancient Indian Brahmi and Kharoshti alphabets.

The Ge'ez language is generally considered a South Semitic language. It has replaced the Sabaean language and alphabet (although that was still used up to around 8th century AD).

Suffice:
Kain, check this out:
https://listhost.uchicago.edu/pipermail/ane/2002-August/002692.html

Matrix Heart:

--- Quote from: Suffice on April 04, 2005, 05:17:54 PM ---Kain, check this out:
https://listhost.uchicago.edu/pipermail/ane/2002-August/002692.html

--- End quote ---

Maybe, no one knows for sure.

check this link
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sabaean.htm

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