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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 14:08:54 JST Evan Prodromou

   Why do alphabets have an order? It's useful for learning the names of all the letters, but that's not actually that helpful. And it's useful sorting things alphabetically, but that seems to be an effect rather than a cause. Have there been any alphabets without an order?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jan-2024 00:30:20 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Henrik Schönemann

     @lavaeolus I mean in particular the order from A to Z, alpha to omega, aleph and ya, fedu and naudiz.

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     Henrik Schönemann (lavaeolus@fedihum.org)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jan-2024 00:30:22 JST Henrik Schönemann

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     @evan Are humans capable of perceiving anything outside of 'beginning' and 'end'?

     As soon as I start writing things down or talking (or doing anything at all) I'm forced to consider a 'beginning' and an 'end' of my uttering.

     As to your question: I think you would need to consider cultures not influenced by Phoenicians :)