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The origin of letters

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[RecordableID]

Amazing seeing how we still use signs descended from the ancient Egyptians!

[ryanhampson]

It’s interesting to see languages that sound and look nothing alike have a common ancestor…The L, M, N, O, P order in English is also seen in Russian and also Arabic, which means they all came from the same source language thousands of years ago.

[katiamartinsdasilva]

Embora tenha apreciado mais ver o vídeo com áudio original e legenda em português ao invés de dublado em português (por detalhes com letra h para homem, quando o desenho se assemelha a m referindo a men), um detalhe que acho importante mencionar para quem assiste sem buscar mais pesquisas, e não se equivocar com a legenda, é: "por volta de 1.000 B.C (antes de cristo), chegamos ao Alfabeto Fenício' - 7min 16seg

[etymologist]

Etymology of education: E DU characters (English alphabet) systematized by Seolchong (person's name) in ancient Korea.
《EDUCATION = 이두깨쳐느》

The present English alphabet is the script used by the ancient Slavic tribes, and the letters were not systematized in each region. It is the English alphabet that the ancient Koreans ruled as the imperial family and systematized the characters. Latin means Slavic language. This is systematized by a man named Seol Chong in ancient Korea.

[paulohagan]

Excellent condensed version of how the majority of writing systems came to be.

[karmaroam]

Hello! I really really apreciate your videos, they are really lovely, but this time I was completely hypnotized by the ost, what's that? the guitar arpeggios... sounds postrock? title somebody? :)

[danielbairey]

The video is lovely and instructive. Absolutely amazing how you have managed to create it without mentioning Hebrew a single time: 22 characters, aluph (bull), bet (house) etc, Wonderful bypass !

[gregzeng]

Quick summary video. Looking for more. If capable. Grammar? Paragraphs? Time line of development?

[timetraveller]

8:31 the "M" and "W" have been swapped and inverted. And I'm suspicious of that Zed.

[aj_doge]

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[thydev]

2:39 muito passa ver essa tecnologia antiga !!

[thydev]

9:10 eu ja fiz esse telefone de fio e latinha e massa demais. incrivel como tudo foi evoluindo !

[xiaodongjia]

Great! Same to 0 to 9 and keyboard design.

[yvonne]

There is only a way to decipher the hieroglyphs. You need two instruments:
(1) the symbolic algorithm, found by Albanian Genie Mr. Petro Zheji and,
(2) the Albanian Language.

You just need to read the Book of Petro Zheji: "The mesianic role of the Albanian Language". Albanian is really the Cosmic Language, close to the symbols. She is the mother of all languages. Furthermore you have to read the Books: "Thoth spoke Albanian" by Giuseppe Catapano and "The Enigma" of Robert D'Angely.

The old Sanskrit Language was in fact the Albanian Language. Sanskrit and Latin are dead languages, from the old languages is alive only the Albanian Language, it has strong roots.

The Greek Language is a very new language, has no roots, it can be easy deciphered through Albanian Language too.

[vaibhavpoliwal]

You should also discuss about sanskrit language which is thousand year old language.

[henrywahlang]

OK it means symbols and pronunciation are sources of Alphabets🤗👍🤝

[nanaramishvili]

Georgien alphabet and writing sistem diserves attention as well.It is the same age as Sumer.This language is one of the encient language inthe world .there are 33letters in it

[finnsalsa]

8:30 EXCUSE ME?! Are M and W in wrong places?

[duelz]

I’m learning Hebrew slowly but surely as if it matters today with anything being translatable

[manonsam]

the phoenicians created the alphabet we use today, it was created in a Lebanese city called Tyre (sour, صور ) in south Lebanon bye Mr kudmous ( قدموس )