Context
Populate this narrative with historical background, geography, and transliteration details. Use Supabase joins to link ancestor/descendant alphabets.
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c. 1800-1050 BCE
Proto-Canaanite
Proto-Canaanite is one of the earliest known alphabetic writing systems, developed in the ancient Levant around 1800 BCE. It is considered the ancestor of the Phoenician alphabet and all subsequent alphabetic writing systems. The script was pictographic in origin, with letters derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs but representing individual consonant sounds rather than whole words or syllables. The aleph character (𐤀) originated from a pictograph of an ox head, representing the glottal stop sound.
Total Letters:1
Diacritics & Accented Letters:1
Letters
Letters organized by type. Data is sourced from the `letters` table with `alphabet_id` filter; mock fixtures ensure layout when Supabase is offline.
Diacritics & Accented Letters
1 letterLetters with accent marks and diacritical modifications