The Roman Syllabary, still often called the Traditional European Syllabary, is ultimately derived from Cretan glyphs, spread by the civilization of
across the northern
. The
simplified the syllabary for their own use, which the people of
imported more or less wholesale. The
empire spread the syllabary across
, where it is still used today for sacred or traditional texts, from
to
, to
as well of course in
documents around the world.Everybody else mostly writes in Hebrew nowadays, though. It’s much easier that way.
[Author's Note: Thanks to Brandon Koller for creating the font.]
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Daniel M. Bensen is an English teacher and writer in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is currently preparing for publication his time-travel adventure/romance Groom of the Tyrannosaur Queen.
