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The Hebrew language and letters are derived from the Phœnician, since Tyre, Sidon, &c. were distinguished cities in the age of Moses and Joshua. Even Abraham lived in their territory.
Sanscrit is the basis of Hindoo learning, and said to be the first character.
The most ancient Arabic, called Kufick, so named from Kufa, on the Euphrates, and is not now in use. The modern Arabic was invented by the Vizier Moluch, A.D. 933, in which he wrote the Koran.
Armenian is used in Armenia, Asia Minor, Syria, Tartary, &c. It approaches the Chaldean or Syriac, and the Greek.
Chaldean, Phœnician, or Syriac, ascribed to Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and Moses, is the same as the Hebrew.
The Coptic is an alphabet so called from Coptos in Egypt,—a mixture of Greek and Egyptian.
Ethiopic, or Abyssinian, is derived from the Samaritan, or Phœnician.
The Etruscan was the first alphabet used in Italy, and so called from the Etrusci, the most ancient inhabitants.