Timeline for The reason why Semitic languages are written right to left
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| Oct 6, 2023 at 16:44 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Oct 4, 2023 at 14:01 | comment | added | T.E.D. | Direction of writing seems quite arbitrary, so why does there have to be a "reason" for it at all? | |
| Oct 3, 2023 at 20:54 | answer | added | Michaelyus | timeline score: 16 | |
| Oct 3, 2023 at 7:34 | vote | accept | blackened | ||
| Oct 3, 2023 at 2:08 | comment | added | Joshua | I can't prove this at all; but the answer I was given long ago is the equipment used by Egyptian scribes made right to left more convenient. | |
| Oct 2, 2023 at 23:58 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | I would have a hard time believing Arabic descended from stone-written orthography | |
| Oct 2, 2023 at 22:45 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Oct 2, 2023 at 20:49 | history | edited | LjL | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Trying to make this consistent...
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| Oct 2, 2023 at 17:49 | history | edited | blackened | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 37 characters in body; edited title
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| Oct 2, 2023 at 16:50 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 2, 2023 at 15:54 | answer | added | user6726 | timeline score: 24 | |
| Oct 2, 2023 at 15:47 | comment | added | fdb | Akkadian is written left to right, as are Ethio-semitic languages. | |
| Oct 2, 2023 at 14:43 | history | asked | blackened | CC BY-SA 4.0 |