The Aryan Origin of the Alphabet: Disclosing the Sumero-Phoenician Parentage of Our Letters Ancient and Modern

98 Pages·1927·4.393 MB·English

by  Laurence Austin Waddell

THE
ARYAN ORIGIN
OF THE ALPHABET
DISCLOSING THE SUMERO-PHCENICIAN
PARENTAGE OF OUR LETTERS
ANCIENT & MODERN
BY
L. A. WADDELL
LL.D., c.n..C.I.E.
Fellow ofthe Royal Anthrol?ologieal Institute.
Linneanand Folk-LoreSocieties,Honorary
Correspondc.lndianArchaeologicalSurvey,
E,,·Professor of Tibetan, London
University.
With Plates and Illustrations
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ARYAN ORIGIN OF THE ALPHABET
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THE
ARYAN ORIGIN
OF THE ALPHABET
DISCLOSING THE SUMERO-PHffiNICIAN
PARENTAGE OF OUR LETTERS
ANCIENT & MODERN
BY
L. A. WADDELL
LL.D., C.B., C.I.E.
Fellowof the Royal Anthropological Institute,
LinneanandFolk-LoreSocieties,Honorary
Correspondt.IndianArcbeeologicalSurvey,
Ex-ProfessorofTibetan, London
University.
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CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTORY I
I. ANCESTRY OF THE ALPHABETS re THE PHCENI-
CANS 3
2. ALPHABETIC LETTERS IN PRE-DYNASTIC AND
EARLy-DYNASTIC EGYPT AND THEORIES
5
THEREON •
3. How THE SUMERIAN ORIGIN OF THE ALPHABET
WAS DISCOVERED 9
4. THE ALPHABETIC VOWEL AND CONSONANTAL
SIGNS IN SUMERIAN WRITING ID
5. THE SO-CALLED "APHONIC OWNER'S MARK"
SIGNSOFPRE-DYNASTICANDEARLy-DYNASTIC
EGYPT ARE SUMERIAN LINEAR PICTOGRAMS 12
6. COMPARATIVE ALPHABETIC TABLES SHOWING
SUMERIAN ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE
ALPHABETIC LETTERS I4
7. INDIVIDUAL LETTERS AND THEIR EVOLUTION
FROM SUMERIAN PARENTS. 23
8. NAMES OF THE LETTERS AND OBJECTS PICTURED 55
9. ORDEROFTHE ALPHABETOR ABC AND NUMERAL
VALUES OF LETTERS • 56
10. AUTHORSHIP OF THE ALPHABETIC SYSTEM AND
DnE fu
11. SOME HISTORICAL EFFECTS OF THE DISCOVERIES 70
ABBREVIATIONS FOR REFERENCES VU
INDEX 75
v
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PLATE FACING
PAGE
I. Surner-Aryan Evolution of the Alphabet A-N . 14
o-z .
II. " "" 54
FIGURES IN TEXT
FIG. PAGE
1. The Forrnello Alphabet or ABC of about seventh
century B.C. . 57
2. Scientific order of Alphabetic Letters (as on a
" Horn-book" board) . 59
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