That remind me of this.
(Credits in the image)
Pour one out for the homies we lost along the way
⨂ 𐤎 ʍ ϕ ⲯ
Notice there was no letter J around the time of Jesus. Hrmmm 😆
That’s why some crosses have “INRI” written: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum
The name “Jesus” comes from the Greek Iēsous, which is a transliteration of the Hebrew name Yeshua (or sometimes the longer form, Yehoshua), meaning “Yahweh saves.”
“Yahweh saves.”
… so Jesus is basically “God Saves” so “Jesus Saves” is just “God Saves Saves”?
Hence Iesus Nazarenus in Latin.
I just see Nyan Cat
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.
Anybody else find it weird how the letter forms changed a bunch in BC and then hardly at all in CE?
Hm. Wonder why the Romans “flipped” the letters.
My guess would be it’s easier to write quickly like that when you write left to right.
Easier to read in your rear view
Is there a meme like this for Kanji being derived from chinese characters
It’s the same thing though. Basically there are traditional characters, used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapour, and others, and Japan simplified the characters in 1945, then China simplified theirs, but in another way.
A better comparison would be the hiragana and katakana being derived from kanji.
The Greek was sneaking a look from across the table … which is why they reoriented the symbol
Major missed opportunity not making Canaanite and Greek head be turned a different angle
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Up next: Mamdani is forcing schools to teach Islamic, Egyptian letters!
This is a good one
