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 zA About 1000 bce, in Byblos as well as other Phoenician and Canaanite centres, the indication was given a linear form (three), the supply of all later on forms. In Semitic languages this indication was identified as aleph