What I mean is that the order of the letters in the alphabet is almost in the same order in many languages like English: a,b,c,d, Greek: aplha beta, gamma, delta, Hebrew: alef, bet, gimmel, daled,
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Many alphabets have roots in or were derived from the Phoenician alphabet. Essentially there are a lot of alphabets that have a common ancestor, which is why they may look similar or be expressed in a similar order.
It has been suggested that different alphabets around the world only exist due to primates ability to reproduce vocal sounds
I think we try to match a new thing with existing things, it seems unnecessarily complicated to take a new alphabet & order it zyx vs abc.
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