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

Waddell, L Austine

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ISBN 10 : 116141133X ISBN 13 : 9781161411331

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The Aryan Origin of the Alphabet is a book written by L. Austine Waddell that explores the history and origins of the alphabet. The book argues that the alphabet has its roots in the ancient Sumerian and Phoenician cultures, and that it was later adopted and adapted by the Aryans. Waddell provides evidence to support his theory, including linguistic and archaeological research, and examines the similarities and differences between the ancient and modern alphabets. The book also delves into the symbolism and philosophy behind the letters and their usage in various cultures throughout history. This comprehensive and scholarly work is an essential read for anyone interested in the origins and development of the alphabet.1927. Contents: Ancestry of the Alphabets re The Phoenicians; Alphabetic Letters in Pre-Dynastic and Early-Dynastic Egypt and Theories Thereon; How the Sumerian Origin of the Alphabet was Discovered; The Alphabetic Vowel and Consonantal Signs in Sumerian Writing; The So-Called Aphonic Owner's Mark Signs of Pre-Dynastic and Early-Dynastic Egypt are Sumerian Linear Pictograms; Comparative Alphabetic Tables Showing Sumerian Origin and Evolution of the Alphabetic Letters; Names of the Letters and Objects Pictured; Order of the Alphabet or ABC and Numeral Values of Letters; Authorship of the Alphabetic System and Date; and Some Historical Effects of the Discoveries.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Building upon his earlier works in which he proved a racial link between the Indo-Europeans in Europe and ancient Sumeria, in this work the author shows that the modern alphabet used in Europe (and thus most of the world) originated with a Proto-Indo-Hittite script which developed into Sumerian. This was then in turn transmitted to surrounding civilizations and ultimately became the written language of Western civilization.

“The origin of our Alphabet and Alphabetic Writing—one of the greatest and most useful of human inventions—has long been the subject of countless conjectures, but has hitherto remained wholly unsolved. The new evidence now discloses by concrete proofs that unknown origin, the meaning of the letters or signs, the objects that they represent with their original names and meanings, and their racial authorship, which is found to be not Semite, as hitherto supposed, but Aryan.

“The inventor of the alphabet is traced to the leading mercantile and seafaring branch of the ruling Aryans or Sumerians, namely, the Hitto-Phoenicians; and his personality appears to found in King Cadmus, the Phoenician sea-emperor of about 1200 BC, after whom the Greeks named their early alphabetic letters.

“The effect, therefore, of these constructive discoveries is destructive of the current established theories of modern historians and philologists on the racial origin of the Higher Civilization and of civilized writing, both hieroglyphic and alphabetic. It thus necessitates a new re-orientation of the facts of Ancient History and of the History of our Modern Civilization.”—From the conclusion.

Biographie de l'auteur

Lieutenant Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell (1854 to 1938) was a Professor of Tibetan, Professor of Chemistry and Pathology, a British army surgeon, and an explorer who travelled widely in India, Nepal and Tibet. He was also a philologist and linguist and one of only a few scholars able to fully translate Sumerian and Sanskrit—a skill for which he won great renown.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 116141133X
• ISBN 13: 9781161411331
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 94
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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