aA bA cA dA eA fA gA hA iA jA kA lA mA nA oA pA qA rA sA tA uA vA wA xA yA zAAbout one thousand bce, in Byblos as well as other Phoenician and Canaanite centres, the indicator was provided a linear variety (3), the source of all afterwards varieties. In Semitic languages this sign was identified as aleph?a? will be the 3rd-most-usually made use of