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An evolution of the Latin script (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] bunkyprewster@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Looks like there was a moment between Archaic Latin and Roman when a lot of letters got turned around

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[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yep, because Phoenician was a RTL language, but its descents are LTR. Later on, they flipped letters to match the direction, since it was uncomfortable to write letters from a right to left language as left to right.

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