What do you mean with alphabet? If a set of sounds: I don’t know of any which was “invented” from scratch, as to my knowledge, all such alphabets were developed from an original system of notional symbols. The oldest known writings certainly used for texting were the script of Egypt and of Sumer (it is still under dispute, which might have been a bit earlier). Both started with symbols resembling “things”, i.e. they are simplified drawings. After some time sb started to use the pronounciation of certain symbols to express meanings which didn’t have a symbol yet. And later on sb started to use the symbols regularly by their phonetic value. So I am very much interested in this theory presented here because it doesn’t match the facts I have known so far.
Ida No over 5 years ago
Words led to the creation of twitter. Words bad. No more words.
gorillazilla over 5 years ago
Only the first 140. The rest are OK.
Randallw over 5 years ago
Assuming it’s Sumerian, it’s likely it just says she owes Argak five goats.
Differentname over 5 years ago
Also, the first javelin was invented to avoid a face-to-face break up. [Too dark?]
Kaputnik over 5 years ago
If that’s a true alphabet, that’s a pretty short breakup message. “Have a nice life, Rivka”, something like that.
Spock over 5 years ago
What do you mean with alphabet? If a set of sounds: I don’t know of any which was “invented” from scratch, as to my knowledge, all such alphabets were developed from an original system of notional symbols. The oldest known writings certainly used for texting were the script of Egypt and of Sumer (it is still under dispute, which might have been a bit earlier). Both started with symbols resembling “things”, i.e. they are simplified drawings. After some time sb started to use the pronounciation of certain symbols to express meanings which didn’t have a symbol yet. And later on sb started to use the symbols regularly by their phonetic value. So I am very much interested in this theory presented here because it doesn’t match the facts I have known so far.