Re: Order of Alphabet
- From: António Marques <m.ap@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:43:43 +0100
Dennis wrote:
Does what you said invalidate this idea, that the order of the
alphabet is based on "order of sonority"?
Not counting such uses of the latin alphabet as have, say, y between i
and j, what about the f w th a r k ?
What is the current thinking on why we have the current order of the
alphabet, which does date back to the order of the Ugaritic abjad at
least?
Common origin plus onservatism?
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