Genealogy Of Scripts Derived From Proto-sinaitic

to Eastern Asia . Note that 'Nepali' on the map is not the Nepali Language or its script; also the spread of Siddham is not associated with the evolution of Chinese or Japanese writing systems.]]

The first Middle Bronze Age Alphabets were adapted from Egyptian Hieroglyphs . A possibly independent alphabet, the Meroitic Alphabet , was also adapted from Egyptian hieroglyphs, and therefore may be a cousin to the Proto-Sinaitic family.

GENEALOGY

0. Wadi El-Ħôl To Proto-Sinaitic - c. 2000 BC (Egypt)

--- 1. Ugaritic Abjad - c. 1200 BC (Syria)

--- 2. Proto-Canaanite Abjad - c. 1200 BC (Israel)

-- 2.1. Phoenician / Palaeo-Hebrew Abjad - c. 1000 BC (Lebanon, Israel)

- 2.1.1. Aramaic Abjad - c. 900 BC (Syria)

2.1.1.1. '' Brahmi Abugida '' - c. 500 BC (N. India)

--- 2.1.1.1.1. '' Cham Abugida '' - c. 200 AD (Vietnam, Cambodia) ---

--- 2.1.1.1.2. '' Gupta Abugida '' - c. 400 AD (N. India)

-- 2.1.1.1.2.1. '' Siddham Abugida '' - c. 600 (N. India) ---

- 2.1.1.1.2.2. '' Tibetan Abugida '' - c. 650 (Tibet) ---

2.1.1.1.2.2.1. Phagspa Alphabet - 1269 (Mongolia)

--- 2.1.1.1.2.2.1.1. Hangul Alphabet - 1442 (Korea) ---

2.1.1.1.2.2.2. '' Lepcha Abugida '' - c. 1700 (Bhutan) ---

--- 2.1.1.1.2.2.2.1. '' Limbu Abugida '' - c. 1740 (Sikkim) ---

-- 2.1.1.1.2.2. '' Nagari Abugida '' - c. 750 (India)

- 2.1.1.1.2.2.1. '' Bengali Abugida '' - c. 1050 (E. India, Bangladesh) ---

2.1.1.1.2.2.1.1. '' Oriya Abugida '' - c. 1100 (E. India) ---

- 2.1.1.1.2.2.2. '' Devanagari Abugida '' - c. 1100 (India) ---

2.1.1.1.2.2.2.1. '' Newari / Ranjana Abugida '' - c. 1150 (Nepal) ---

2.1.1.1.2.2.2.2. '' Modi Abugida '' - c. 1600 (India)

2.1.1.1.2.2.2.3. '' Gujarati Abugida '' - c. 1500 (India) ---

2.1.1.1.2.2.2.4. '' Soyombo Abugida '' - c. 1686 (Mongolia) ---

2.1.1.1.2.2.2.5. '' Cree Abugida '' - 1841 (Canada) ---

-- 2.1.1.1.2.3. '' Sharada Abugida '' - c. 770 (Pakistan)

- '' Gurmukhi Abugida '' - c. 1539 (Pakistan, N. India) ---

--- 2.1.1.1.3. '' Pallava Abugida '' - c. 400 (S. India)

-- 2.1.1.1.3.1. '' Khmer Abugida '' - c. 600 (Cambodia) ---

- 2.1.1.1.3.1.1. '' Thai Abugida '' - 1283 (Thailand) ---

2.1.1.1.3.1.1.1. '' Lao Abugida '' - c. 1350 (Laos) ---

-- 2.1.1.1.3.2. '' Mon Abugida '' - c. 700 (Burma) ---

- 2.1.1.1.3.2.1. '' Burmese Abugida '' - c. 1050 (Burma) ---

-- 2.1.1.1.3.3. '' Old Kawi Abugida '' - c. 775 (Indonesia)

- 2.1.1.1.3.3.1. '' Balinese Abugida '' - c. 1000 (Indonesia)

- 2.1.1.1.3.3.2. '' Batak Abugida '' - c. 1300 (Indonesia)

- 2.1.1.1.3.3.3. '' Baybayin Abugida '' - c. 1350 (Philippines)

- 2.1.1.1.3.3.4. '' Buhid Abugida '' - c. 1400 (Philippines)

- 2.1.1.1.3.3.5. '' Hanunóo Abugida '' - c. 1400 (Philippines)

- 2.1.1.1.3.3.6. '' Tagbanwa Abugida '' - c. 1400 (Philippines)

- 2.1.1.1.3.3.7. '' Buginese Abugida '' - c. 1600 (Indonesia)

- 2.1.1.1.3.3.8. '' Rejang Abugida '' - ? (Indonesia)

--- 2.1.1.1.4. '' Kadamba Abugida '' - c. 450 (S India)

-- 2.1.1.1.4.1. '' Kannada Abugida '' - c. 1500 (S.India) ---

-- 2.1.1.1.4.2. '' Telugu Abugida '' - c. 1500 (S. India) ---

--- 2.1.1.1.5. '' Kalinga Abugida '' - c. 500 (E India)

--- 2.1.1.1.6. '' Grantha Abugida '' - c. 500 (S India)

-- 2.1.1.1.6.1. '' Sinhala Abugida '' - c. 700 (Sri Lanka) ---

- 2.1.1.1.6.1.1. '' Dhives Akuru Abugida '' - c. 1100 (Maldives)

-- 2.1.1.1.6.2. '' Tamil Abugida '' - c. 700 (India, Sri Lanka) ---

- 2.1.1.1.6.2.1. '' Sourashtra Abugida '' - c. 1900 (S. India) ---

-- 2.1.1.1.6.3. '' Malayalam Abugida '' - c. 1100 (S. India) ---

--- 2.1.1.1.7. '' Tocharian Abugida '' - c. 500

--- 2.1.1.1.8. '' Ahom Abugida '' - c. 1250 AD (E. India)

2.1.1.2. Modern Hebrew Abjad - c. 300 BC (Israel) ---

2.1.1.3. Pahlavi / Middle Persian Abjad - c. 250 BC (Iran)

--- 2.1.1.3.1. Psalter Pahlavi Abjad - c. 400 AD (NW China)

--- 2.1.1.3.2. Avestan Alphabet - c. 250 AD (Iran)

2.1.1.4. '' Kharosthi Abugida '' - c. 250 BC (Pakistan, Afghanistan)

2.1.1.5. Parthian Abjad - c. 200 BC (Iran)

2.1.1.6. Syriac Abjad - c. 1 AD (Syria, Iran) ---

--- 2.1.1.6.1. Sogdian Abjad - c. 100 (Uzbekistan)

-- 2.1.1.6.1.1. Georgian Alphabet - c. 100 ? (Georgia) ---

-- 2.1.1.6.1.2. Orkhon Alphabet - c. 700 (Mongolia)

- 2.1.1.6.1.2.1. Old Hungarian Alphabet - c. 900 (Hungary)

-- 2.1.1.6.1.3. Uyghur Alphabet - c. 1000 (NW China)

- 2.1.1.6.1.3.1. Mongolian Alphabet - c. 1100 (Mongolia) ---

2.1.1.6.1.3.1.1. Manchu Alphabet - 1599 (NE China)

- 2.1.1.6.1.3.2. Todo Alphabet - 1649 (NW China) ---

2.1.1.7. Nabatean Abjad - c. 50 AD (Jordan)

--- 2.1.1.7.1. Arabic Abjad - c. 400 (Jordan, N. Arabia) ---

2.1.1.8. Mandaic Alphabet - c. 100 AD (Iran) ---

- 2.1.2. Samaritan Abjad - c. 600 BC (Israel) ---

- 2.1.3. Greek Alphabet - c. 800 BC (Greece) ---

2.1.3.1. Alphabets Of Asia Minor - c. 800 BC (Anatolia) ---

2.1.3.2. Cumae Alphabet - c. 750 BC (Greece, Italy)

--- 2.1.3.2.1. Etruscan Alphabet - c. 725 BC (Italy)

-- 2.1.3.2.1.1. Venetic Alphabet - c. 700 BC (Italy)

- 2.1.3.2.1.1.1. Runic Alphabet - c. 150 AD (Germany, Scandinavia)

-- 2.1.3.2.1.2. Latin Alphabet - c. 600 BC (Italy) ---

- 2.1.3.2.1.2.1. Faliscan Alphabet - c. 400 BC (Italy)

-- 2.1.3.2.1.3. Oscan Alphabet - c. 600 BC (Italy)

--- 2.1.3.2.2. Messapic Alphabet - c. 550 BC (Italy)

2.1.3.3. Coptic Alphabet - c. 200 BC (Egypt) ---

2.1.3.4. Gothic Alphabet - c. 350 AD (Ukraine)

2.1.3.5. Armenian Alphabet - 405 (Armenia) ---

2.1.3.6. Glagolitic Alphabet - 863 (Bulgaria)

--- 2.1.3.6.1. Cyrillic Alphabet - c. 900 (Bulgaria) ---

-- 2.1.3.6.1.1. Old Permic Script - 1372 (Siberia)

- 2.1.4. '' Iberian Semi-alphabetic Syllabary '' - c. 600 BC (Spain, Portugal)

2.1.4.1. '' Celtiberian Semi-alphabetic Syllabary '' - c. 500 BC (N. Spain)

- 2.1.5. Tifinagh Abjad - c. 250 BC (NW Africa) ---

2.1.5.1. Neo-Tifinagh Alphabet - 20th century (Morocco) ---

-- 2.2. South Arabian Abjad - c. 600 BC (S. Arabia)

- 2.2.1. Old Geez Abjad - c. 500 BC (Ethiopia)

2.2.1.1. '' Ge'ez Abugida '' - c. 300 AD (Ethiopia) ---

- 2.2.2. Thamudic Abjad - c. 200 BC (N. Arabia)

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