The English and Arabic alphabets are descended from the same alphabet (Phoenician), yet they bare basically no similarities to each other. How did they diverge so much

Question

Not only are all the letter completely different, but even the direction you write in is even different.

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Answer 1

English is a very new language in the grand scheme of things, there has been a lot of evolution between cultures, and other languages before finally arriving in English.

Like evolution humans (english) didn’t evolve from monkeys (Arabic), but we (more or less) share a common ancestor.

The Arabic language is one of the oldest languages in the world, spanning centuries. As the English language is newer, many of its words have their roots in Arabic. The vast amount of English words that have come from Arabic are the result of years of international trade, conquests, exploration and migration.

Arabic is a Semitic language and English is an Indo-European language. . Most Arabic words entered one or more of the Romance languages, before entering English.