The Phoenix of Phoinikēia: Alphabetic Reincarnation in Arabia
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | The Phoenix of Phoinikēia: Alphabetic Reincarnation in Arabia - The Disappearance of Writing Systems |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Michael Macdonald; Oxford University; United Kingdom |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Linguistics; History |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | ancient writing; ancient Arabian languages; linguistics |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | P101-410 Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar; P901-1091 Extinct ancient or medieval languages |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | Shortly after its invention in the second millennium BC, the alphabet split into two traditions. One of these—the Phoenico Aramaic—spread both west to the Greeks1 and beyond, and east, across Asia as far as Manchuria (Stary, in this volume), becoming the ancestor of all but one of the traditional alphabets in use today. By contrast, the other—South Semitic—alphabetic tradition was used almost exclusively within the Arabian Peninsula3 in antiquity, and only one of its descendants has survived into the modern world. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Sep-2008 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/19001 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.19001 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Disappearance of Writing Systems |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Arabian peninsula, second millennium BC onwards |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |