Deceptichum@quokk.auM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 22 hours agoalephquokk.auimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down10
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minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoHmm, why did the proto-I turn into Z and the proto-Z turn into I? And why did proto-φ not turn into Φ? I do love this graphic though!
minus-squareBlameTheAntifa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoAs written language spread through existing spoken languages, changes are made to match the spoken sounds and languages that have different pronunciation requirements repurpose, drop, create, or modify characters to fit their phonetic needs.
Hmm, why did the proto-I turn into Z and the proto-Z turn into I? And why did proto-φ not turn into Φ? I do love this graphic though!
As written language spread through existing spoken languages, changes are made to match the spoken sounds and languages that have different pronunciation requirements repurpose, drop, create, or modify characters to fit their phonetic needs.