Alphabet evolution, part 3: from the Iron Age to the present (one letter at a time)

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  • @plantkillable8371
    @plantkillable8371 2 роки тому +4

    This video is fantastic. Considering how consistent your script and visuals are, I am shocked this video has under 1,000 views. This is a recipe for success yet to be catalyzed!

  • @aaronmyers6686
    @aaronmyers6686 Рік тому +1

    I know it's been a year since this episode, and I think you said that you were only gonna have three episodes, but I'd love to see a fourth episode on the Indic scripts derived from Brahmi.
    Edit: Nevermind, didn't reach the end of the video yet! Looking forward to more videos from you.

  • @ChrisO-bq9jd
    @ChrisO-bq9jd Рік тому

    Excellent video. One thing I will say is that Thorn most likely descends from a D or Delta with a a vertical line added, and the D rune (Dagaz) probably came from a "butterfly" version of San that represented a dental affricate in some Alpine languages from whose alphabets the Runes took inspiration. Wynn probably came from a Digamma whose bars closed in on each other. And now pure speculation on my part (all the previous mentions have been noted by scholars), however I think Ihwaz came from a Z-looking version of Iota, Jera came from G given that a palatalized G in vulgar Latin often led to G being used as /j/ in Germanic languages such as old English and soft G in modern Scandinavian languages. Also, I think the Ehwaz is just an E rotated 90 degrees, while Psi most certainly gave rise to Algiz. I don't know why the Runes used Psi for Algiz, but I assume some Alpine or Italic intermediary language with a similar usage is the cause. From what I've read from scholars, Chi and Psi were just different variant forms of each other. I am not entirely certain of the origin of Cyrillic Ya, but it came from earlier Cyrillic letter "little Yus" which together with "big Yus" both came from Glagolitic, but I'm not sure Ya came from A. Likewise, I am not sure that the Soft & Hard signs (and Yat) come from E, given that their Glagolitic predecessor likely doesn't either. There is one letter you did not cover, Sampi, in early Ionic Greek (and still used as a Greek numeral) which probably came from San. Finally, I do have to say I have no idea where Ingwaz comes from, but Naudiz's shape makes me think it did not actually come from N, but who knows.

  • @isancicramon0926
    @isancicramon0926 Місяць тому

    Excellent video. Just a detail 18:24 on cyrillic < У >,
    Slavic/proto-Slavic wouldn't have had a need for greek < Y > (sounded /y/) as you mention in 18:40, and it hadn't shifted to /i/ yet.
    It is thought that it originally represented the greek digraph < OY ~ ου > (sounded /u/), which was written ȣ (capital < Ȣ >) at that time. This explains the slight slant on the downward branch of < У >, which was originally the lower < o > in < Ȣ >.

  • @soniadixon3974
    @soniadixon3974 2 роки тому +1

    All 3 videos are excellent well done. Blessings

  • @firstaidsack
    @firstaidsack Рік тому

    I just found your channel and it's pure gold! Great work!

  • @sidjoosin6549
    @sidjoosin6549 2 роки тому +1

    russians say they don't need "I" letter anymore
    instead 2 different letters IO as Ю and Ы as ЬI - try to select - one of them is solid ы other is ь and i
    it was in more logic times letter "Ерь" (Yer')- Ь, basically it was 'ayn ع as close as arians can 'ayn.

    • @sidjoosin6549
      @sidjoosin6549 2 роки тому

      also something known by noone - Cyrillic basically Coptic, not developed from Greek or from Coptic but basically was exactly Coptic ⲁϭⲅⲇⲉⲩⲝⲏⲑⲓⲕⲗⲙⲛⲯⲟⲡⲋϥⲣⲱⲧϧϯϩⲍⲭⲥⲫϣϫ

  • @zafiroblue05
    @zafiroblue05 2 роки тому +2

    Fantastic video - so comprehensive.
    Would love to see you return to Voynich!

  • @backupaccount8156
    @backupaccount8156 Рік тому

    Aby bew work on the Voynich manuscript bro? Your theory seemed feasible to me, but as it applied to labels mainly and not the rest, I always thought the rest of the stuff was somehow enciphered version of the labelese language, or maybe the signal was concealed in voynich. Would love to see your take on it now ❤

  • @soniadixon3974
    @soniadixon3974 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome explanation for generalisation I can't imagine how many hours it's taken for you to diagramatically form all of your work but please don't stop there. You have done a fantastic job of colating it all. I would love to be able to combine some of the work I have been doing with yours if you are interested Volder? Could we get in touch?

  • @MatthewMcVeagh
    @MatthewMcVeagh 2 роки тому +1

    Ummmm... щ? You missed it in the Shin section, then you started the ligature section at the end and I waited but it didn't come there either. :(
    However it is obviously a tour de force! I'll share it to attract more views.

  • @cougarten
    @cougarten Рік тому +4

    Any voynich news :) ?

  • @sidjoosin6549
    @sidjoosin6549 2 роки тому +1

    in Classic Arabic alphabet there is no dot differences between
    خ ح. ع غ ص ض ظ ط ذ د
    basically not such letters exist, first Quran Manuscripts and most works of theology and science don't have such dots (rasm script) thus such letters don't have any basis
    there is difference betwen ر ز ش س ج ح

    • @sidjoosin6549
      @sidjoosin6549 2 роки тому +1

      and ک was written basically as ܒ.

    • @sidjoosin6549
      @sidjoosin6549 2 роки тому

      alif was written not as ا but L thus لا produced . i would show this on paper but may be you understand - I recommend to look at oldest Quran - it written in Hejazi script, now called Birmingham Quran , in honour of city which gladly welcomed stolen Sacred text, dating to Prophet time

  • @sidjoosin6549
    @sidjoosin6549 2 роки тому

    Ψψ = ش
    Ξξ = س
    Σσ = ص
    imho