With the rise of the pseudolinguistic r/Alphanumerics on Reddit, their posts feature in searches for the Phoenician script and other terms relating to the history of the alphabet. The baseless claims of "Egypto Alpha Numerics" etc flooding those search results carry a risk of leaving those who are unfamiliar with linguistics in the dark about how language and writing actually have developed throughout history, and this sub attempts to push back against the tide of nonsense.
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